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GENERAL  CONFERENCE 
OF  THE 

UNITED  BRETHREN  IN  CHRIST 

Twenty-eighth  Session 
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RULES    OF   ORDER 


OF     THE 


General  Conference  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ 


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RULES   OF   ORDER 

Rule  1.  OigaiiizalioM. — When  tlie  (ieiieral  Coiiferenee  has  heen  eoiivened 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Discipline,  after  devotional  exercises, 
and  calling  of  the  roll,  if  a  quorum  is  present,  it  shall  proceed  to  organize,  hy  the 
election  of  a  reading  secretary  hy  hallot,  if  there  he  more  than  one  nomination; 
otherwise  hy  acclamation;  it  shall  also  elect  as  many  reading  secretaries  as 
deemed  necessary. 

TIME  OF  MEETING  AND  ADJOURNMENT 

Rule  2.  After  the  opening  session,  the  (icnetal  Conference  ■^hall  meet  at 
8:30  a.m.,  and  2:00  p.m.;  hut  the  General  Conference,  at  its  discretion,  may  alter 
the  time  of  meeting,  and  may  adjourn,  and  fix  the  time  to  which  it  shall  atljourn. 

THE  PRESIDING  BISHOP 

Rule  3.  The  presiding  Bishop  shall  take  the  chair  precisely  at  the  hour  to 
A\hich  the  conference  adjourned,  and  cause  the  session  to  he  opened  with  read- 
ing of  the  Scriptures,  singin.^,  and  prayer  at  the  morning  session.  On  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  quorum,  he  shall  have  the  journal  of  the  preceding  day's  session 
read  and  approved,  and  sliail  see  that  the  Imsincss  of  the  conference  proceed  in 
regular  order  according  to  these  Rules  of  Order,  and  such  other  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  may  be  adopted  by  the  General  Conference. 

Rule  4.  The  presiding  Bishop  shall  decide  all  questions  of  order,  subject 
to  an  appeal  to  the  conference.  In  case  of  such  appeal  the  question  shall  be 
taken  without  debate,  except  that  the  appellant  may  state  the  grounds  of  his 
appeal,  and  that  the  presiding  Bishop  may  state  the  grounds  of  his  decision. 

Rule  5.  The  presiding  Bishop  shall  appoint  all  committees,  unless  other- 
wise specially'. ordered  by  the  conference. 

Rule  6.  On  assigning  the  floor  to  a  member,  the  presiding  Bishop  shall 
distinctly  announce  the  name  of  the  member  to  whom  it  is  assigned  and  the 
annual   conference  represented  by  said   member. 

ORDER   OF   BUSINESS 
Rule  7.     The  regular  order  of  business  for  the  morning  session  shall   be: 

(1)  Devotional  services. 

(2)  Roll   Call. 

(3)  Reading  and  approving  of  the  journal. 

(4)  Call  of  the  conferences  for  the  presentation  of  appeals,  memorials, 
resolutions,  and  petitions,  for  immediate  passage. 

(5)  Reports   of  standing  committees. 

(6)  Reports  of  special  committees. 

(7)  Miscellaneous   business. 
For  other  sessions  it  s'hall  be: 

(1)  Devotions. 

(2)  Business. 

DUTIES  AND   PRIVILEGES  OF  MEMBERS 

Rule  8,  When  a  member  is  about  to  speak  in  debate,  or  to  bring  any  mat- 
ter before  the  conference,  he  shall  rise  in  his  place  and  respectfully  address  the 
presiding  Bishop  and  announce  his  name  and  conference,  but  shall  not  pro- 
ceed until  recognized  by  the  chair. 

Rule  9.  Xo  member  shall  be  interrupted  when  speaking,  except  by  the 
presiding  Bishop  to  call  him  to  order  when  he  departs  from  the  question  or 
uses  personalities  or  disrespectful  language;  but  any  member  may  call  the  at- 
tention of  the  presiding  Bishop  to  the  subject  when  be  deems  the  speaker  out 
of  order  and  any  member  may  explain  when  he  thinks  himself  misrepresented, 
the  speaker  holding  the  floor. 

Rule  10.  When  a  member  desires  to  speak  to  a  question  of  privilege,  he 
shall  state  the  question;  but  it  shall  not  be  in  order  for  him  to  proceed  unti' 
the  presiding  Bishop  shall  have  decided  it  a  privileged  question. 


Rule  11.  No  person  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  question,  nor 
more  than  ten  minutes  at  one  time  without  leave  of  the  conference;  nor  shall 
anj'  member  speak  more  than  once  until  every  member  choosing  to  speak  shall 
.have  spoken;  provided,  however,  that  a  committee  making  a  report  shall  in 
all  cases  through  its  chairman,  or  one  of  the  members  selected  by  the  committee 
or  its  chairman,  be  entitled  to  ten  minutes  to  close  the  debate,  either  to  oppose 
the  motion  to  lay  the  report  on  the  table,  or,  this  permission  not  having  been 
used,  to  close  the  debate  on  the  motion  to  adopt.  The  committee  shall  not  be 
deprived  of  its  right  to  close  the  debate  even  after  the  previous  question  has 
been  ordered,  and  when  a  report  consisting  of  two  or  more  propositions  has  a 
seriatim  consideration,  the  chairman  or  representative  of  the  committee  shall 
be  entitled  to  the  same  rights  and  privileges  on  each  proposition  thus  decided 
separately,  as  he  would  have  if  the  report  was  considered  as  a  whole. 

Rule  12.  No  member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  sessions  of  the  con- 
ference unless  he  is  sick  or  otherwise  unable  to  attend,  or  unless  excused  by  the 
conference. 

Rule  13.  Members  presenting  memorials,  petitions,  resolutions,  and  other 
papers  for  reference,  after  reading  the  text  or  by  title,  shall,  unannounced,  de- 
liver them  directlj"  to  the  secretary  in  triplicate  to  be  by  him,  sent  to  the  proper 
committee  and  announced  in  the  journal  of  the  day. 

MOTIONS  AND  RESOLUTIONS 

Rule  14.  Resolutions  shall  be  presented  in  writing  by  the  mover.  All  mo- 
tions shall  be  reduced  to  writing,  if  the  presiding  Bishop,  secretary,  or  any 
two  members  request  it.  If  the  conference  refer  a  resolution  to  a  committee, 
the  mover  shall  furnish  the  secretary  a  second  copy  for  the  use  of  the  com- 
mittee. 

Rule  15.  All  reports,  resolutions,  and  written  motions,  after  the  first  read- 
ing, shall  be  passed  to  the  secretary  to  be  read  by  him  as  the  conference  may 
require. 

Rule  16.  No  new  motion  or  resolution  shall  be  entertained  until  the  one 
under  consideration  has  been  disposed  of,  which  may  be  done  by  adoption  or 
rejection;  but  one  or  more  of  the  following  motions  may  be  made  and  they  shall 
take  precedence  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  here  placed,  namely: 

(1)  To  fix  the  time  to  adjourn   (may  be  amended,  substituted,  or  laid 
on  the  table). 

(2)  To  adjourn. 

(3)  To  take  a  recess. 

(4)  To  lay  on  the  table. 

(5)  For  the  previous  question   (cannot  be  laid  on  the  table). 

(6)  To  postpone  to  a  given  time. 

(7)  To  refer. 

(8)  To  substitute. 

(9)  To  amend. 

(10)     To  postpone   indefinitely. 

Rule  17.  When  a  report  is  presented  and  read  or  stated  by  the  presiding 
Bishop  or  a  resolution  is  introduced  and  seconded,  or  a  motion  is  made  and 
seconded,  and  stated  by  the  chair,  it  shall  f>e  deemed  in  possession  of  the  con- 
ference. 

Rule  18.  Any  motion  or  resolution  may  be  withdrawn  by  the  mover  at  any 
time  before  amendment  or  decision;  if  objection  be  made  to  withdrawal,  a  vote 
on  the  motion  to  grant  leave  to  withdraw  shall  be  taken  without  debate. 

Rule  19.     The  following  motions  shall  be  put.  without  debate. 

(1)  To  adjourn. 

(2)  To  suspend  the  rules. 

(3)  To  lay  on  the  table. 

(4)  To  take  from  the  table. 

(5)  The  question  of  consideration.  I 

(6)  The  call  for  the  previous  question. 

(7)  To  reconsider  a  non-debatable  motion. 

(8)  To  postpone  indefinitely. 


Rule  20.  Only  one  amendment  to  an  amendment  shall  he  in  order,  hut  a 
suhstitute  for  both  amendments  may  he  received,  which  substitute  may  he 
amended,  and  if  the  substitute  be  adopted,  it  shall  operate  as  an  amendment  to 
the  original  proposition. 

Rul<^  21.  On  the  call  of  a  member  a  question  shall  be  divided  if  it  is 
divisible  into  distinct  propositions. 

Rule  22.  It  shall  lie  in  order  to  move  the  previous  question,  that  is,  that 
the  motion  be  taken  without  further  debate,  on  any  measure,  except  in  cases  in 
which  character  is  involved,  and  if  sustameil  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  the  (juestion 
shall  be  taken;  nevertheless,  it  shall  be  in  order  under  this  rule  to  refer  or  to 
recommit  (on  either  of  which  the  vote  shall  be  taken  without  debate)  to  divide 
or  to  lay  on  the  table,  after  the  previous  question  has  been  ordered.  It  shall 
not  be  in  order  for  a  member  to  move  the  previous  question  or  to  lay  on  the 
table  at  the  close  of  a  speech  in  which  he  has  discussed  the  pending  question. 

Rule  23.  The  motion  to  adjourn  shall  be  taken  without  debate,  and  shall 
always  be  in  order,  except: 

(1)  When  a  member  has  the  floor. 

(2)  When  a  question  is  actually  put,  or  a  vote  is  being  taken,  or  until 
finally  decided. 

(3)  When    a    question   is    pending   on    sustaining   the    demand    for    the 
previous  question. 

(4)  When    the    previous    question    has    been    called    and    sustained   and 
action  under  it  is  pending. 

(5)  When  a  motion  to  adjourn  has  been  lost  and  no  motion  or  debate 
has  intervened. 

(6)  When   a    motion    to    fix    the    time    to    which    the    conference    shall 
adjourn  to  is  pending. 

Rule  24.  Reconsideration. — When  any  motion  or  resolution  shall  have  been 
•  acted  upon  by  the  conference,  it  shall  be  in  order  for  any  member  who  voted 
with  the  prevailing  side,  to  move  a  reconsideration.  A  motion  to  reconsider  a 
non-debatable  motion  shall  be  decided  without  debate.  A  motion  to  reconsider 
must  be  made  on  the  same  day  in  which  the  action  was  taken  or  the  succeeding 
da}'. 

Rule  25.  No  resolution  or  report  which  proposes  a  change  in  the  Dis- 
cipline shall  be  considered  until  it  has  been  in  possession  of  the  conference  for 
one  day;  but  when  it  is  under  consideration,  amendments  which  are  germaine 
and  duly  presented  shall  be  in  order. 

Rule  26.  Changes  of  Discipline. — AM  reports  or  resolutions  proposing 
changes  in  Discipline  shall  not  only  recite  the  paragraph  and  line  proposed  to 
be  amended,  but  also  the  paragraph  as  amended  complete. 

Rule  27.  When  any  member  shall  move  the  reference  of  any  portion  of  the 
journal  of  an  annual  conference  to  any  committee,  he  shall,  at  the  same  time, 
furnish  a  copy  of  the  portion  he  wishes  referred,  prepared  as  in  the  case  of 
memorials. 

Rule  28.  There  shall  be  nominated  for  Church  boards  two  times  as  many 
members  as  are  to  be  elected,  and  as  far  as  practicable  the  nominees  shall  be 
selected  from  different  sections  of  the  Church. 

Rule  29.  There  shall  not  be  reported  as  coming  from  the  committee  any 
matter  which  has  not  been  considered  and  acti'd  upon  by  the  committee  didy 
assembled. 

Rule  30.  Committees  shall  not  originate  business,  but  shall  consider  all 
subjects  referred  to  them  by  the  General  Conference.  A  committee  shall  not 
consider  a  matter  which  the  General  Conference  has  refused  to  refer  to  it. 

Rule  31.  The  reports  of  all  standing  committees  shall  be  made  in  triplicate 
and  shall  be  printed  in  sufficient  numbers  to  supply  every  member  of  the  con- 
ference with  a  copy  of  each  report. 

This  rule  shall  be  in  force  in  all  ca^es,  except  where  the  General  Con- 
ference shall  otherwise  order. 


VOTING 

Rule  2)2.  Every  member  \\\\o  is  within  the  bar  at  the  time  the  question  is 
put  shall  vote,  unless  the  conference,  for  special  reasons,  excuses  him. 

Rule  a.  No  member  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  on  any  question  who  is  not 
within  the  bar  at  the  time  such  questions  are  put  by  the  presiding  Bishop,  ex- 
cept by  leave   of  conference. 

Rule  34.  Voting  shall  be  by  the  uplifted  hand;  but  on  a  decision  of  the 
house,  the  delegates  shall  rise  in  their  places,  and  stand  until  they  have  been 
counted.     Votes  may  also  be  taken  by  ballot  and  by  Ayes  and  Noes. 

Rule  35.  Ayes  and  Noes. — It  shall  be  in  order  for  any  member  to  call  for 
the  Ayes  and  Noes  on  any  question  before  the  conference,  and  if  sustained  by 
forty  members,  the  vote  thereon  shall  be  taken  by  Ayes  and  Noes.  If  not 
sustained,  members  voting  in  the  minority,  if  the  number  voting  in  said  minor- 
ity is  less  than  forty,  may  have  their  votes  recorded  bj'  name. 

Rule  7)6.  Order  of  Voting. — In  voting,  when  amendments  and  a  substitute 
have  been  proposed  to  the  original  resolution,  and  an  amendment  to  the  sub- 
stitute has  been  moved,  the  conference  shall  pursue  the  following  order,  namely: 

The  main  question  shall  first  be  perfected  by  voting  on  the  amendments 
proposed  thereto,  and  then  the  conference  shall  vote  upon  the  question  of  sub- 
stitution, and  finally  upon  the  question  of  adoption. 

Rule  37.  A  call  for  a  vote  by  orders  shall  be  made  and  seconded  by  mem- 
bers of  the  same  order  and  shall  require  one-fourth  of  the  order  of  delegates 
present  and  voting. 

Rule  38.  When  voting  by  orders,  the  separation  shall  be  merely  in  re- 
gard to  the  taking,  announcing,  and  recording  the  vote  of  each  order  on  the 
question  on  which  the  separate  vote  is  demanded.  Any  incidental  matter  bear- 
ing upon  such  vote  shall  be  decided  by  the  conference  acting  as  one  body. 
In  taking  a  vote  by  orders,  it  shall  be  by  count  vote,  first  of  the  order  calling 
for  the  separate  vote,  and  then  of  the  other;  but  either  order  may  call  for 
the  Ayes  and  Noes  by  one-fourth  of  its  members;  and  if  the  call  is  sustained, 
the  names  of  the  delegates,  first  of  the  order  calling  and  then  of  the  other,  shall 
be  called  and  each  member  shall  answer  Aye  or  No. 

Rule  39.  Members  presenting  memorials,  petitions,  and  any  other  papers 
for  reference,  shall  prepare  each  paper  by  writing  on  the  back  of  the  outer 
paper  the  following  items  in  order,  namely: 

(\)      Name  of  person  presenting  it. 

(2)  Conference  sending  it. 

(3)  Number  of  petitioners. 

.(4)      Subject  to  which  it  relates. 

MEMORIALS,  PAPERS,  AND  PETITIONS  FOR  REFERENCE 

Rule  40.  Memorials. — Two  copies  of  memorials,  resolutions,  and  miscel- 
laneous papers  presented  for  reference  to  a  committee  and  not  for  immediate 
consideration,  shall  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  secretary  without  announce- 
ment, and  bv  him  shall  be  sent  to  the  Piroper  committee  and  announced  in  the 
journal  of  the  day. 

Rule  41.     There  shall  l)e  the  following  General   Conference   Committees: 

(1)  Credentials. 

(2)  State  of  the   Church  and  Evangelism. 

(3)  Boundaries. 

(4)  Temporal  Economy  and  Salaries. 

(5)  Publishing  Interests  and  Church  Literature. 

(6)  Home  Missions  and   Church   Erection. 

(7)  Foreign  Missions. 

(8)  Bonebrake    Seminary   and   the    Ministry. 

(9)  Education. 

(10)     Sunday  Schools  and  Christian   Endeavor. 


(11) 

(12) 
(13) 
(14) 
(15) 


Temperance,  Prohilntion,  ;iiul  Social  Advance. 

Nominations. 

Goals  and  Program. 

Pensions,  Homes,  and  Orphanages. 

Revision  and  Church  Discipline. 

Other  committees  may  be  api)ointed  as  determined  l)y  tlie  Bishops  of  this 
General  Conference. 

Rule  42.  Reference  of  Memorials,  etc. — Tlie  reference  of  memorials,  peti- 
tions, resohitions,  etc.,  to  the  several  standing  committees,  shall  he  determined 
by  presiding  Bishop. 

Rule  43.  A  majority  of  its  memlicrs  shall  constitute  a  business  q\iorimi  of 
a  standing  committee. 

Rule  44.  All  elections  of  officers  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  a  majority  of  all 
the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  a  choice. 

The  acceptance  of  office  shall  be  considered  a  pledge  that  the  officer  will 
devote  his  time  and  talents  wholly  to  the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  he  is 
elected. 

Rule  45.  The  elections  of  the  general  officers  of  the  Cluirch  sliall  begin  on 
Wednesday  of  the  second  week  of  the  Conference  Session,  and  sliall  l)e  in  onler 
as  follows: 

Bishops. 

Publishing  Agent. 

Editors  of  The  Telescope. 

Editor  of  The  Watchword. 

Editors  of  S(mday-school   Literature. 

General   Secretary   Sunday-school   Board. 

Foreign  Missionary  Secretary-. 

Church   Erection   Secretary. 

Home  Missionary  Secretary. 

General  Church  Treasurer. 

Manager   Bonebrake   Seminary. 

Trustees   Bonebrake   Seminary. 

Board  of  Education. 

Trustees   Publishing  House. 

Home   Missionary  Board. 

Foreign  Missionary  Board. 

Church   Erection  Board. 

Sunday-school  and  Young  Pcoi)le's   Board. 

Board  of  Church  Trustees. 


(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

(10) 

(11) 

(12) 

(13) 

(14) 

(15) 

(16) 

(17) 

(18) 

(19) 

Rule    46. 


Demonstration    of   approval    or    disapproval    during    the    progress 


of  debate  shall  be  deemed  a  breach  of  order. 

Rule  47.  The  ushers  shall  keep  the  aisles  clear  for  their  proper  use,  and 
none  but  delegates,  pages,  and  ushers  shall  be  admitted  within  the  inclosure 
reserved  for  delegates. 

Rule  48.  In  all  matters  not  included  in  these  rules  the  General  Conference 
shall  be  governed  by  Robert's  Rules  of  Order. 

Rule  49.  These  rules  shall  not  be  suspended  or  changed  except  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  and  voting. 

Rule  50.  Resolved,  That  all  reports  of  committees  to  which  reports  of  De- 
partment Boards  and  Secretaries  have  referred  or  which  have  to  do  with  de- 
partmental work,  shall  be  made  to  the  conference  not  later  than.  Monday, 
May  16. 


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Program,  Rules,  Committees  and 
Reports 


GENERAL  CONFERENCE 
United  Brethren  in  Christ 

Indianapolis,  Indiana 

1.  Program  of  the  General  Conference. 

2.  List  of  Delegates. 

3.  Rules  of  Order. 

4.  Committees. 

5.  Recommendations  of  the  Board  of  Administration. 

6.  Quadrennial  report  of  Board  of  Bishops. 

7.  Report  of  East  District. 

8.  Report  of  Central  District. 

9.  Report  of  Northwest  District. 

10.  Report  of  Southwest  District. 

11.  Report  of  Pacific  District. 

12.  Publishing  Interests. 

13.  Commission  on  Evangelism. 

14.  Home  Missions. 

15.  Church  Erection. 

16.  Foreign  Missions. 

17.  Sunday  Schools. 

18.  Young  People's  Work. 

19.  Board  of  Education. 

20.  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary. 

(1)  Report  of  General  Manager. 

(2)  Report  of  President. 

21.  Report  of  Board  of  Administration. 

22.  Otterbein  Home. 

23.  Quincy  Orphanage. 

24.  General  Church  Treasurer. 
25. 

26. 
27. 
28. 
29. 
30. 


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General  Outline  of  Daily  Program 

OF     THE 

Twenty-eighth  General  Conference 


OF     THE 


Church  of  the  United  Brethren 

In     Christ 


TO  CONVENE  IN 
Indianapolis,  Indiana 
May    12-23,    1921 


Opening  Session,  Thursday,  May  12,  2:00  p.m. 
Hishop  W  illiain  M.  i'.cll,  D.I).  prisidiiiK 
Doxology 
Invocation — Dr.  George  A.  Funkhoiiser. 

Apostles    Creed— CoiijjrcRafion    staiuliiif,'.    each    dolcKuU"    speaking    in    liis    own 

tongue. 
Song — "Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  Cod  .Mniighty." 
Old  Testament  Lesson,  Psalm  11 — Or.  Josiah  P.  Landis. 

\e\v  Testament  Lesson,  Eph.  .^:14-21  —  P.islioj)  William   H.  \\'a>>liin:.4er.  D.I). 
Opening  Remarks — Hishop  William   M.   lUll,   D.I). 
Song — "The  Church's  One  Foundation.  " 
Quadrennial  Address — Bishop  Hinry  II.  Font,  D.D. 
Roll  Call. 

Announcement  of  Committees. 
Organization. 
Prayer  and  Benediction  liy  I'ishop  William   M.   Weeklcy,   D.D. 

Thursday  Evening  Functions 
Informal   reception  of  delegates  on  mezzanine   floor  of  ITotej   Lincoln. 
Functions   in   charge  of   ^fr.   Harper  J.   Ranshur.g,   Chairman   of   Reception   an! 

Social  Committee. 
8:00  p.m.  Public  Reception   at  Tf)mlinson  Hall. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart.  D.D..  presiding. 
Music  in  charge  of  Rev.  Rav  G.  l'i"^on. 
Prayer— Rev.  J.  W.  Lake,  D.D. 

Greetings  from  local  churches — Rev.  C.  C.  Gohn.  D.D. 
Greetings  from  White  River  Conference — Rev.  J.  F.  Shannrn.  D.D. 
Greetings  from  the  City  ^finisterial  Association — Rev.  C.  H.  Wind'-rs.   D.D. 
Welcome  by  Hon.  Charles  W.  Jewitt.  Mayor  of  Indianapolis. 
Response- Rev.  Arthur  B.  Station,  D.D. 
Response — Professor  Mark  Keppel. 

Friday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bi.-^hop  William  H.  Washingcr.  D.D..  presiding. 
Devotional  Address  by   Bishop  .Mfrcd  T.   Howard,   !>.D. 
Business 

Reports  of  Bishops 
Intercession. 
Adjournment. 

Friday  Afternoon  Session — 1:30  p.m. 
Bishop  Alfred  T.   Howard.  D.D..  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  the  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneons   Business. 

Reports  of  Secretaries  of  the  General  Departments. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Evening  Session — 8:C0  p.m. 
Bishop  Henry  H.  Font,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Annivcrsarj'  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Churcli  Krection. 
Rev.  P.  M.  Camp.  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Siddall,  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  P.oard  of  Church  Erection, 


Saturday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

Miscellaneous   Business. 

Statement  from  the  General  Secretaries  Concerning  the  Outlook  and  Program 
for  the  New  Quadrennium  and  the  Means  Necessary  for  the  Pro- 
motion and  Work  of  the  Various  Departments. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Saturday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop   Henry   H.   Font,   D.D.,   presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  the  presiding  Bishop. 
A  Summary  of  Our  Needs  and  Resources. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Sunday  Morning  Session  £ 

Sunday  school  9:00  a.m. — Hon.  Jay  M.  Cogan,  Superintendent. 
The  Four  United  Brethren  Sundaj-  schools  of  the  city  will  unite  in   this  great 

gathering  of  the  Sunday  school  forces. 
10:30  a.m.— Sermon  by  Bishop  William  M.   Bell,   D.D. 

Sunday  Afternoon  Session — 2:30  p.m. 

.Anniversary  of  the  Sunday  school  and  Christian  Endeavor  Boards. 
Rev.  Charles  W.  Brevvbaker,  D.D.,  Secretary  Sunday-school  Board. 
Rev.  O.  T.  Dcever,  D.D.,  Secretary  Christian  Endeavor  Board. 

Sunday  Evening  Session — 7:30   p.m. 

Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions. 
Program  in  charge  of  Bishop  Alfred  T.  Howard,  D.D. 

Monday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional   Address — Bishop   William   M.   W^eekley,   D.D. 

Business.  (I 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Monday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  H.  Washinger,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop.  " 

Business. 

Report  of  Committee  on  Memoirs. 

Memorial  .Address — Rev.  J.  P.  Landis,  D.D.  of  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

I 

Monday  Evening  Session — 7:30  p.m. 

Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  lulucation. 

Program    in    charge    of    Dr.    William     E.    Schell,    Secretary    of    the    Board    of 
Education. 


Tuesday   Morning   Session— 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop   Alfred   T.    Howard.    D.I).,   presiding. 
.     Devotional  Address- l'.i>Iu,p  Willia,,,    l|.  WashinRcr.   1)  I) 
Business. 

Reports  of  Standiiij;  Couiniiitccs. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Tuesday  Afternoon  Session— 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop  William  M.  Bell.  \:>.Vi.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  cliarije  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 

2:30  Reception  of  Fraternal  Dele,t,'atcs  from  the 
Methodist   Episcopal   Church.  South 
Evangelical  Association 
United   Evangelical  Association 
Methodist  Protestant   Church 
Response. 

Reports  of  Standing  Commiitees. 
Intercession,     .\djournment. 

Tuesday  Evening  Session— 8:00  p.m. 

Address— "The   Preacher  and   His  Task,"  Senator  Albert  J.   Beveridgc. 
No  admission  will  he  charged  to  this  lecture. 

Wednesday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart.  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address— Bishop  Alfred  T.   Howard.   D.D. 
Miscellaneous   Business. 
Special  Order— Election  of  Oftkers. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Wednesday  Afternoon  Session— 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  Henry  H.  Fout,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Elections  continued  as  Special  Order. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.  ♦  Adjournment. 

Wednesday  Evening  Session — 8:00  p.m. 

Address— "Brother  or   Brute"— Col.   William  Jenniiig.-,    Bryan. 
No  admission  will  he  charged  to  this  lecture. 

Thursday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  William   H.   Washinger.   D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address— Bishop  Henry  H.  Eout,  D.D. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Thursday  Afternoon  Session  — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

Miscellaneous   Business. 

2:30  Reception   of   Fraternal   Delegates   from   the 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church 

Presbyterian  Church 

Disciples  of  Christ 

Congregational   Church. 

Response. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Thursday  Evening — 8:00  p.in. 

Program  in  charge  of  the  Commission  on  Temperance. 

Hon.  A.  S.  Kreider,  presiding. 

Report  of  Commission  by  Hon.  Jesse  E.  Eschbach. 

Message  from  Dr.  Howard  Russell,  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

Address — Rev.  S.  E.  Shumaker,  D.D.,  Secretary  Anti-Saloon  League  of  Indiana. 

Special  Music. 

Friday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kcphart,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  H.  Washinger,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Evening — 7:30  p.m. 
Bishop  William  M.  Weekley,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Anniversary  Benevolent  Homes. 

Stereopticon  views  of  Quincy  Orphanage. 

Concert  l)y  Otterbein   Home   Band. 

Saturday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Henry  H.  Pout,  D.D:,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.  D. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on   Goals  and  Program. 
Open   Parliament  on  the   Promotion  of  the  Quadrennial   Program. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Saturday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.  m. 
Bishop  Wm.  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding.  ' 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous   Business. 
Parliament  on  New  Program  Continued. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Saturday  Evening — 8:00  p.m. 

Sunday  Morning 

9:00— Sunday  School.   11,,,,.  Jay  M.  Coi,^an.  Sui)erintciulcnt. 
10:30— Bishop  William  II.  Washinger.  D.D. 

T'lirther  program  in  the  hands  of  thr  I'.oard  of  I'.ishops. 

The   music   of   the   General    Conference   will    he   in   charRe   of    Rev.    Kay   G. 
Upson  assisted  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Hatton. 

The  followinsi-  is  a  list  of  the  chairmen  of  local  committees: 

General   Conference   Committee  on   Entertainment   of   Delegates 
G.  A.  Everett,  Chairman 
U.    E.    Bethel 
Herbert  Ranshurc;: 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Mumma 
Mrs.  G.  A.   Everett 
Miss   Nina    Ranshurj? 
Miss  Maud  Carlisle 
Miss  Maude  Tatum 
Miss   Lou   Rubush 
Mrs.   Effie   PUirdscll 

Chairmen  of  Local  Committees 
General   Committee — l^r.  C.   C.   Gohn. 
Social  and  Reception   Committee — Hari.ier  J.  Ransbnrg. 
Finance  Committee — S.   P.   Matthews. 
Hal!  and  Arrangements — W.   R.  Mumma. 
Ushers  and  Entrances — Harry  Greulich. 
Churches  and  Other  Meeting  Places — E.  Howard  Cadle. 
Ministerial  Supply — Dr.  J.   B.  Parsons. 

Courtesy  Committee— Dr.  S.  E.   Long,  Dr.  C.  C.  Gohn.   Dr.    I.   11.   I'arsons. 
Dr.  O.  P.  Cooper. 


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General  Outline  of  Daily  Program 

OF     THE 

Twenty-eighth  General  Conference 


OF    THE 


Church  of  the  United  Brethren 

In    Christ 


TO  CONVENE  IN 
Indianapolis,  Indiana 
May    12-23,    1921 


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Opening  Session,  Thursday,  May  12,  2:00  p.m. 

Bishop  W'iUiani  AI.  Bell,  D.l).  prcsidinir 

Doxology 

Invocation — Dr.  George  A.  Funkhonser. 

Apostles    Creed — Congregation    standing,    each    dcioi^atc    speaking    in    iiis   own 
tongue. 

Song — "Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  God  .Mniii^hty." 

Old  Testament  Lesson,  Psalm  72 — Dr.  Josiah  P.  Landis. 

Xew  Testament  Lesson,  Eph.  3:14-21  —  Bishop  William  11.  Wa^hinv-cr,  D.D. 

Opening  Remarks — Bishop  William  AL   Bell,   D.D. 

Song — "The  Church's  One  Foundation."' 

Quadrennial  Address— Bishop  Henry  H.  Font,  D.D. 

Roll  Call. 

Announcement  of  Committees. 

Organization. 

Prayer  and  Benediction  by  Bishop  William  M.  ^.\'eekk•y,   D.D. 

Thursday  Evening  Functions 
Informal   reception   of  delegates  on   me/zanino   floor  of  Hotel   Lincoln. 
Functions   in   charge  of   Mr.   Harper  J.    Ranshurg,   Chairman   of   Reception   anri 

Social  Committee. 
8:00  p.m.  Public  Reception  at  Tomlinson  Hall. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D..  i)residing. 
Music  in  charge  of  Rev.  Ray  G.  Upson. 
Prayer— Rev.  T.  W^  Lake,  D.D. 

Greetings  from  local  churches — Rev.   C.   C.  Gohn.  D.D. 
Greetings  from  White  River  Conference — Rev.  J.  E.  Shannon.  D.D. 
Greetings  from  the  City  ^Ministerial  Association — Rev.  C.  H.  Winders.   D  1). 
Welcome  by  Hon.  Charles  W\  Jewitt.  Mayor  of  Indianapolis. 
Response — Rev.  Arthur  B.  Statton,  D.D. 
Response — Professor  Mark  Keppel. 

Friday  Morning   Session — 8:30   a.m. 

Bishoi:)  William  H.  Washinger,  D.IX.  presiding. 

Devotional  Address  by  Bishop  Alfred  T.   Howard.   D.D. 

Business  , 

Reports  of  Bishops 

Intercession. 

Adjournment. 

Friday  Afternoon  Session — 1:30  p.m. 
Bishop  Alfred  T.  Howard,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  the  presiding  Bishoj). 
Miscellaneous  Business. 

Reports  of  Secretaries  of  the  General  Departments. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Evening  Session — 8:C0  p  m. 
Bishop  Henry  H.  Font,  D.D.,  presiding.  , 

Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church  Erection. 
Rev.  P.  AL  Camp,  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Mission'^. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Siddall,  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection. 


Saturday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop.  . 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

Statement  from  the  General  Secretaries  Concerning  the  Outlook  and  Program 
for  the  New  Quadrennium  and  the  Means  Necessary  for  the  Pro- 
motion and  Work  of  the   V^arious  Departments. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Saturday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop   Henry   H.    Font,   D.D.,   presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  the  presiding  Bishop. 
A  Summary  of  Our  Needs  and  Resources. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Sunday  Morning  Session 

Sunday  school  9:00  a.m. — Hon.  Jay  M.  Cogan,  Superintendent. 

The  Four  United  Brethren  Sunday  schools  of  the  city  will  unite  in   this  great 

gathering  of  the  Sunday  school  forces. 
10:30  a.m.— Sermon  hy  Bishop  William  M.   Bell,  D.D. 

Sunday  Afternoon  Session — 2:30  p.m. 

Anniversary  of  the  Sunday  school  and  Christian  Endeavor  Boards. 
Rev.  Charles  W.  Brewbaker,  D.D.,  Secretary  Sunday-school   Board. 
Rev.  O.  T.  Deever,  D.D.,  Secretary  Christian  Endeavor  Board. 

Sunday  Evening  Session — 7 :30   p.m. 

Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Alissions. 
Program  in  charge  of  Bishop  Alfred  T.   Howard,  D.D. 

Monday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop   Cyrus   J.   Kephart,   D.D.,   presiding. 
Devotional   Address — Bishop  William  M.   Weekley,  D.D. 
Business. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment.  , 

Monday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop  William  H.  Washinger,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Business. 

Report  of  Committee  on  Memoirs. 

Memorial  Addres.s — Rev.  J.  P.  Laudis,  D.D.  of  Bonebrake  Tlieological  Seminar}-. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment.  I 

Monday  Evening  Session — 7:30  p.m. 
.Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  Education. 

Program  in  charge  of  Dr.  William  E.  Schell,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
E^lucation. 


Tuesday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Uisliop   Alfred   T.    Howard,    D.H.,   jjrcsiding. 

Devotional  Address — Hislio])  William   II.   Wasliin^rer,   D.l). 

Business. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Tuesday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

2:30  Reception  of  Fraternal  Delegates  from  the 

Methodist   P'piscopal   Church,  South 

Evangelical  Association 

United  Evangelical  Association 

Methodist  Protestant  Church 

Response. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Tuesday  Evening  Session — 8:00  p.m. 

Address — "The   Preacher  and   His  Task,"  Senator  Albert  J.   Beveridgc. 
No  admission  will  lie  charged  to  this  lecture. 

Wednesday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  Cj^rus  J.  Kephart,   D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotional  Address — Bishop   Alfred  T.   Howard,   D.D. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

Special  Order— Election  of  Officers. 

Reports  of  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Wednesday  Afternoon   Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  Henry  H.  Font,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Elections  continued  as  Special  Order. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Wednesday  Evening  Session — 8:00  p.m. 

Address — "Brother  or   Brute"— Col._  William  Jennings   Bryan. 
No  admission  will  be  charged  to  this  lecture. 

Thursday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop   William    H.   Washinger,   D.D.,   presiding. 
Devotional  Address — l>ishop   Henry   II.   I'out,  D.D. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Thursday  Afternoon  Session  — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop  William  M.   Bell,   D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 

2:30  Reception  of  Fraternal  Delegates  from  the 
Methodist   Episcopal  Church 
Presbyterian  Church 
Disciples  of  Christ 
Congregational  Church. 
Response. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Thursday  Evening — 8:00  p.m. 
Program  in  charge  of  the  Commission  on  Temperance. 
Hon.  A,  S.  Kreider,  presiding. 

Report  of  Commission  by  Hon.  Jesse  E.  Eschbach. 
Message  from  Dr.  Howard  Russell,  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 
Address — Rev.  S.  E.  Shumaker,  D.D.,  Secretary  Anti-Saloon  League  of  Indiana. 
Special  Music. 

Friday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kcphart,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop  William  H.  Washinger,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday   Evening — 7:30  p.m. 
Bishop  William  M.  Weekley,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Anniversary  Benevolent  Homes. 

Stereopticon  views  of  Quincy  Orphanage.  • 

Concert  by  Otterbein   Home   Band. 

Saturday  Mjorning  Session — 8:30  a.m.  ' 

Bishop  Henry  H.  Pout,  D.D.,  presiding: 

Devotional  Address — Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.  D. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Goals  and  Program. 

Open   Parliament  on  the  Promotion  'of  the  Quadrennial  Program. 

Intercession.     Adjournment.  * 

Saturday  Afternoon  Session — 1:30  p.  m.  i- 

Bishop  Wm.  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous   Business. 
Parliament  on  New  Program  Continued. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Saturday  Evening — 8:00  p.m. 

Sunday  Morning 
9:00— Sunday  School,   lion.  Jay  M.  Cogan.  Siiperintciuleiit. 
10:30— Bishop  William  H.  Washingcr,  D.D. 

Further  program  in  the  hands  of  the  P.oard  of  I'.ishojjs. 

The   music   of   the   General   Conference   will    he  in   charge   of    Rev.    Ray   (i. 
Upson  assisted  hy  Rev.  J.  F.  Hatton. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  chairmen  of  local  committees: 

General   Conference   Committee  on   Entertainment  of   Delegates 
G.  A.  Everett,  Chairman 
U.    E.    Bethel 
Herbert  Ranshurg 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Afumma 
Mrs.   G.   A.   Everett 
Miss   Nina    Ranshurg 
Miss  Maud  Carlisle 
Miss  Maude  Tatnm 
Miss   Lou   Ruhush 
Mrs.   Effic   Burdsell 

Chairmen  of  Local  Committees 
General   Committee — Dr.   C.   C.   Gohn. 
Social  and  Reception   Committee — Harper  J.  Ranshurg. 
Finance   Committee — S.   P.   Matthews. 
Hall  and  Arrangements — W.  R.  Mnmma. 
Ushers  and  Entrances — Harry  Greulich. 
Churches  and  Other  Meeting  Places — E.  Howard  Cadle. 
Ministerial  Supply — Dr.  J.  B.  Parsons. 

Courtesy  Committee — Dr.  S.  E.  Long,  Dr.  C.  C.  Gohn,   Dr.  J.   P..   I'arstjn-.. 
Dr.  O.  P.  Cooper. 


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General  Outline  of  Daily  Program 

OF    THE 

Twenty-eighth  General  Conference 

OF    THE  I 

Church  of  the  United  Brethren 

In     Christ 


TO  CONVENE  IN 
Indianapolis,  Indiana 
May    12-23.    1921 


Opening  Session,  Thursday,  May  12,  2:00  pm 

Bishop  \\  illiani  M.  I'cll,  n.D.  ])i  csidinj; 

Doxology 

Invocation — Dr.  George  A.  Funkhouser. 

Apostles    Creed— Congregation    standing,    each    delegate    si)eakiKg    in    liis    own 
tongne. 

Song — "Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  God  Almighty."' 

Old  Testament  Lesson,  Psalm  11 — Dr.  Josiah  P.  Laiidis. 

Xew  Testament  Lesson,  Eph.  3:14-21— Bishop  William   li.  Washin-er,   D.i). 

Opening  Remarks — Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D. 

Song — "The  Church's  One  Foundation." 

Quadrennial  Address — Bishop  Henrv  H.  Font,  D.D. 

Roll  Call. 

Announ-cement  of  Committees. 

Organization. 

Prayer  and  Benediction  hy  Bishop  William  ]\L  Weekley,  D.D. 

Thursday  Evening  Functions 
Informal   reception  of  delegates  on  mezzanine   floor  of  Hotel   T  inroln.  . 
Functions   in   charge  of  Mr.   Harper  J.   Ranshurg,   Chairman  of   Reception   and 
Social  Committee. 

8:00  p.m.  Public  Reception   at  Tomlinson   Hall. 

Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart.  D.D.,  presidin.g. 

Music  in  charge  of  Rev.  Ray  G.  Upson. 

Prayer— Rev.  J.  W.  Lake,  D.D. 

Greetings  from  local  churches — Rev.   C.  C.  Gohu.  D.D. 

Greetings  from  W^hite  River  Conference — Rev.  J.  E.  Shannrn,  D.D. 

Greetings  from  the  City  Ministerial  Association — Rev.  C.  H.  W'ndcrs.   D.D. 

Welcome  bv  Hon.  Charles  W.  Jewitt.  Mayor  of  Indianapolis. 

Response — Rev.  Arthur  B.  Station,  D.D. 

Response — Professor  Mark  Keppel. 

Friday  Morning   Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  William  H.  Wasliint^'cr,  D.D.,  i^rcsiding. 
Devotional  Address  by   Bishop  .Alfred  '!".   Howard.   D.D. 
Business 

Reports  of  Bishops 
Intercession. 
Adjournment. 

Friday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop  Alfred  T.  l^oward.  D.D.,  jiresiding. 
Devotions  in   charge  of  the  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 

Reports  of  Secretaries  of  the  General  Department.-. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Evening  Session — 8:C0  p.m. 
Bishop  Henry  H.  Font,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church  Erection. 
Rev.  P.  M.  Camp.  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Siddall,  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection. 


Saturday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

Statement  from  the  General  Secretaries  Concerning  the  Outlook  and  Program 
for  the  New  Quadrenniuni  and  the  Means  Necessary  for  the  Pro- 
motion and  Work  of  the  V^arious  Departments. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Saturday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 
Bishop   Henry   H.   Font,   D.D.,   presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  the  presiding  Bishop. 
A  Summary  of  Our  Needs  and  Resources. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Sunday  Morning  Session 

Sunday  school  9:00  a.m. — Hon.  Jay  M.  Cogan,  Superintendent. 

The  Four  United  Brethren  Sundaj'  schools  of  the  city  will  unite  in  this  great 

gathering  of  the  Sunday  school  forces. 
10:30  a.m.— Sermon  by  Bishop  William  M.   Bell,   D.D. 

Sunday  Afternoon  Session — 2:30  p.m. 

Anniversary  of  the  Sunday  school  and  Christian  Endeavor  Boards. 
Rev.  Charles  W.  Brewbaker,  D.D.,  Secretary  Sunday-school  Board. 
Rev.  O.  T.  Deever,  D.D.,  Secretary  Christian  Endeavor  Board. 

Sunday  Evening  Session — 7:30   p.m. 

Anniversary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Alissions. 
Program  in  charge  of  Bishop  Alfred  T.  Howard,  D.D. 

Monday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.   Kephart,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional   Address — Bishop  William  M.   Weekley,  D.D. 
Business. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Monday  Afternoon  Sfession — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  H.  Washinger,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

lousiness. 

Report  of  Committee  on  Memoirs. 

Memorial  Addres.s — Rev.  J.  P.  Landis,  D.D.  of  BoncI)rake  Theological  Seminary. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees.  . 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Monday  Evening  Session — 7:30  p.m. 

.Anniversary  of  the  lioard  of  Education. 

Program    in    charge    of    Dr.    William    E.    Schell,    Secretary    of    tlie    Board    of 
Education. 


Tuesday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop   Alfred   T.    lloward.    ]).n.,   prcsidinti. 

Devotional   Address — Bishop   William    II.   \\'asliiii,i.;er.    I).  I), 

Business. 

Reports  of  Standing'  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Tuesday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

2:30  Reception  of  Fraternal  Delegates  from  the 

Methodist   Episcopal   Church,  South 

Evangelical  Association 

United  Evangelical  Association 

Methodist   Protestant   Church 

Response. 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Tuesday  Evening  Session— 8:00  p.m. 

Address — "The   Preacher  and   His  Task,"  Senator  Albert  J.   Beveridge. 
No  admission  will  he  charged  to  this  lecture. 


Wednesday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotional  Address — Bishop  Alfred  T.   Howard,   D.D. 

Miscellaneous   Business. 

Special  Order — Election  of  Officers. 

Reports  of  Committees. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Wednesday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  Henry  H.  Pout,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Elections  continued  as  Special  Order. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Wednesday  Evening  Session — 8:00  p.m. 

Address — "Brother  or   Brule" — Col.   William  Jennings   I'.ryan. 
No  admission  will  be  charged  to  this  lecture. 


Thursday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 

Bishop   William   H.   Washinger,   D.D.,   presiding. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop   Henry   H.   Font,  D.D. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Thursday  Afternoon  Session  — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 

Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

2:30  Reception   of   Fraternal   Delegates  from   the 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church 

Presbyterian  Church 

Disciples  of  Christ 

Congregational  Church. 

Response. 

Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Thursday  Evening — 8:00  p.m. 

Program  in  charge  of  the  Commission  on  Temperance. 

Hon.  A,  S.  Kreider,  presiding. 

Report  of  Commission  by  Hon.  Jesse  E.  Eschbach. 

Message  from  Dr.  Howard  Russell,  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

Address — Rev.  S.  E.  Shumaker,  D.D.,  Secretary  Anti-Saloon  League  of  Indiana. 

Special  Music. 

Friday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  William  M.  Bell,  D.D. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday  Afternoon  Session — 1 :30  p.m. 

Bishop  William  H.  Washinger,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 
Reports  of  Committees. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Friday   Evening — 7:30  p.m. 
Bishop  W^illiam  M.  Weekley,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Anniversary  Benevolent  Homes. 

Stereopticon  views  of  Quincy  Orphanage. 

Concert  by   Otterbcin   Home,  Band. 

Saturday  Morning  Session — 8:30  a.m. 
Bishop  Henry  H.  Font,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotional  Address — Bishop  Cyrus  J.  Kephart,  D.  D. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Goals  and  Program. 
Open   Parliament  on  the  Promotion  of  the  Quadrennial   Program. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 

Saturday  Afternoon  Session — 1:30  p.  m.  * 

Bishop  Wm.  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  presiding. 
Devotions  in  charge  of  presiding  Bishop. 
Miscellaneous   lUisiness. 
Parliament  on  New  Program  Continued. 
Intercession.     Adjournment. 


Saturday  Evening — 8:00  p.m. 

Sunday  Morning 

9:00— Siiiulay  Sclinol.   Hon.  Jay  M.  Cot-an,  Sui)crintciidcnt. 
10:3(^ — Bishop  William    II.  Wa.shinscr,  D.D. 

iMirther  proL;rani  in  tin-  hands  of  the   P.oard  of  T.ishops. 

The   music   of   the   General    Conference   will    he   in   charge   of    Rev.    Ray   G. 
Upson  assisted  hy  Rev.  J.  F.  Hatton. 

The  following  is  a  li.>t  of  the  chairmen  of  local  committees: 

General   Conference   Committee  on   Entertainment  of   Delegates 

G.  A.  Kverett,  Chairman 
U.    E.    Bethel 
Herhert   Ranshurg 
Airs.  W.  R.  Mumma 
Mrs.  G.  A.   Everett 
Miss   Nina    Ranshurg- 
Miss  Maud  Carlisle 
Miss  Maude  Tatum 
Miss   Lou   Rubush 
Mrs.  Effie  Burdsell 

Chairmen  of  Local  Committees 
General   Committee — Dr.  C.   C.   Gohn. 
Social  and  Reception   Committee — TIarpcr  J.  Ranshurg. 
Finance  Committee — S.  P.  Matthews. 
Hall  and  Arrangements — W.  R.  Mumma. 
Ushers  and  Entrances — Harry  Greulich. 
Churches  and  Other  Meeting  Places — E.  Howard  Cadle. 
Ministerial  Supply — Dr.  J.   B.   Parsons. 

Courtesy  Committee— Dr.  S.  E.  Long,  Dr.  C.  C.  Gohn,   Dr.  J.   B.  Parsons, 
Dr.  O.  P.  Cooper. 


DELEGATES  TO  GENERAL  CONFERENCE 

UNITED      BRETHREN      IN      CHRIST 

Indianapolis,  Indiana,  May  12,  1921 


Allegheny  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 

J.  S.  Fulton 
E.   G.  Sawyer 
J.  J.  Funk 
W.  S.  Wilson 
C.  W.  Winey 
W.  H.  Spangler 
Lay-Delegates 
A.   Kiester 
G.  C.  Blair 
H.  D.  Thomas 
A.  E.  Roose 

E.  Henderson 
A.  D.  Shaffer 

California  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

H.   C.   Shaffer 
Lay-Delegate 

Mark  Keppel 

Colorado  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

F.  P.  Overmyer 
Lay-Delegate 

E.  E.  Stettler 

Columbia  River  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegate 

W.  A.  Nicoles 
Lay-Delegate 

Mrs.  Floyd  Brower 

East  Ohio  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 

P.  M.  Camp 
Sager  Tryon 
I.  D.  Warner 
J.  S.  Kendall 
Lay-Delegates 

W.  E.  Airhart 
J.  M.  Cogan 
D.  M.  Slusser 
J.  S.  Wilhelm 


East  Pennsylvania  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
S.  C.   Enck 
J.  A.  Lyter 
R.  R.  Butterwick 
H.  E.  Miller 
G.  D.  Batdorf 

B.  F.  Daugherty 
Lay-Delegates 

A.  S.  Kreidcr 
J.  R.  Engle 
H.  L.  Carl 

C.  L.  Grabill 

H.  G.  Longenecker 
S.  D.  Clark 

Erie  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 

R.  J.  White 

R.  S.  Showers 
Lay-Delegates 

W.  M.  Hodges 

Mrs.   O.    E.  Williams 

Florida  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

R.  A.  Smith 
Lay-Delegate 

F.  L.  Stephens 

Illinois  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 
W.   L.   Perkins 
W.   H.   Arbogast 
M.  B.   Leach 

G.  W.  Bonebrake 
J.  M.  Phillippi 

E.  H.  Shuey 
Lay-Delegates 

F.  N.  Munch 
H.  V.  Anderson 
Miss  Jeanie  Gillespie 
L.  A.  Rider 

Cloyd   C.   Rose 
E.   Perkins 


Indiana  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 
J.  W.  Settle 
W.  H.  Todd 
J.  W.  Walls 
S.  L.  Todd 

Lay-Delegates 

H.  W.  Keys 
J.  W.  McCoy 
Charles  Breden 

Iowa  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
W.  F.  Cronk 

E.  W.  Curtis 
M.  R.  Drury 

Lay-Delegates 
D.  W.  Bovee 
J.  Hursh  Owen 
Miss  Grace   Hankins 

Kansas  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 

F.  M.  Testerman 
O.  T.  Deever 
M.  L.  Robey 

C.  E.  Heisel 

Lay-Delegates 
R.  S.  Smither 
V.  H.  Miller 
Mrs.  Thos.  Ditmars 
C.  L.  Miller 

Louisiana  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegate 

W.   F.  Tietje 
Lay-Delegate 

F.  R.  Jeanke 


Michigan  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 
C.  E.  Pilgrim 
A.  A.   Reiser 
Lay-Delegates 

F.  P.  Geib 
L.  S.  Long 

Minnesota  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegate 

H.  Deal 
Lay-Delegate 

E.  G.   Bufkin 

Missouri  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
W.    M.   Jones 
W.   M.   Pettibon 

Lay-Delegates 
C.  B.  Walter 
Elmer  Funk 

Montana  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

G.  L.   Stine 
Lay-Delegate 

Ottie  Douglas 

Nebraska  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 
W.  O.  Jones 
S.  M.  Snider 
Lay-Delegates 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Morgan 
S.  C.  Caldwell 


Miami  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 

A.  R.  Clippinger 
J.  W.  Kilbourne 
J.  H.  Button 
J.  P.  Landis 
W.  T.  Frank 

Lay-Delegates 

A.  A.  Maysilles 

E.  L.  Shuey 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Simms 

H.  E.  Myers 

Mrs.  Addie  Thomas 


New  Mexico  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegate 

Miss  Lillian  Kendig 
Lay-Delegate 

.  A.  B.  Schlotterbeck 

Ohio  German  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

E.    F.    Wcgner 
Lay-Delegate 

E.  Schaefer 


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Oklahoma  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
I.  A.  Holbrook 

D.  L.  Doub 

Lay-Delegates 

Mrs.  I.  A.  Holbrook 

E.  G.  Hall 


Oregon  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegate 
G.  E.  McDonald 
Lay-Delegate 

W.  W.  Wright 

Pennsylvania  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
A.   B.   Station 
A.   R.   Ayres 
J.   P.  Koontz 
F.  B.   Plummer 
M.  R.  Fleming 
S.    G.   Ziegler 

Lay-Delegates 

R.    G.   Mowery 
W.  N.  McFaul 
Henry  Wolf 
J.   H.   Kiracofe 
C.  M.  Horst 
C.  O.  Yeatts 


St.  Joseph  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
J.  W.  Lake 
J.  A^  Groves 

C.  A.  Sickafoose 
M.    K.    Richardson 

D.  B.  Kessinger 

Lay-Delegates 

C.   L.  Raymond 
C.    E.   Wilson 
A.   A.  Thompson 
W.  A.  Cochran 

E.  H.   Wilson 


Sandusky  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
M.  R.  Ballingcr 
R.  A.   Powell 
C.  B.  Fletcher 
O.   E.  Knepp 
J.   F.   Miller 

Lay-Delegates 

W.  P.  Alspach 
A.  H.  Laughbaum 
O.  E.  Neeley 
J.   H.  Morton 
H.  M.  Fletcher 


Southeast  Ohio  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
J.  H.  Harris 
R.  A.  Hitt 
E.  E.   Harris 
E.  J.  Pace 

Lay-Delegates 

H.  M.  Whitcraft 
E.  S.  Neuding 
C.  F.   Luckhart 
Mrs.  Eugene  Moore 


Tennessee  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
W.  H.  Wright 
Robert    Earls 

Lay-Delegates 

Mrs.  Sylvia  Smith 
E.  M.  Horner 


Virginia  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 
A.   S.   Hammack 
W.   F.  Gruvcr 
J.  H.  Brunk 
G.  W.  Stover 

Lay-Delegates 
J.  H.  F.uebush 
W.  S.  Secrist 
W.  O.  Cooley 
J.  L.  Graves 


West  Virginia  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 
J.  T.  Foster 
Fred  Slaughter 
W.  M.  Slaughter 
E.  H.  Waters 

D.  W.  Cunningham 
Lay-Delegates 

L.  S.  Slaughter 
G.  E.  Bennett 
J.  Blackburn  Ware 
Arthur  Reese 
J.  J.  Shore 

White  River  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 

J.  E.  Shannon 
L.  O.  Blake 
J.  T.   Roberts 
M.  F.  Dawson 
J.  A.  Bray 
W.  L.  Waldo 
Lay-Delegates 
I.  J.  Good 
Delbert  Shaw 
Miss  Beulah  Chappelle 

E.  H.  Cadle 
G.  A.  Lambert 
Mrs.  Chas.  Grant 


Africa  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

J.  F.  Musselman 

Lay-Delegate 

David  Manly 

China  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

Frank   Oldt 

Lay-Delegate 

Miss  Hortense  Potts 

Japan  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 
J.  Edgar  Knipp 

Lay-Delegate 

Tadashi  Yabe 

Porto  Rico  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegate 

I.   E.  Caldwell 

Lay-Delegate 

Vincente  Colon 


Wisconsin  Conference 
Ministerial  Delegates 
G.  W.  Bechtolt 
J.  H.  Truesdale 
Lay-Delegates 

W.  E.  Gillingham 
Miss  Grace  Whitney 


Phillippine  Conference 

Ministerial  Delegates 

H.  W.  Widdoes 
J.  Abellera 

Lay- Delegates 

Miss  Matilda  Weber 
Lucas  Herrin 


Committees  of  the  General  Conference 

United  Brethren  in  Christ 

(^'int'iiins;  I  n(liaiKii)()lt>,  ind.,  M,i\    !_',  I'.iL'l 


1.  Bonebrake   Seminary  and  the   Ministry. 

J.  \V.  Lake,  R.  A.  Smith,  .1.  M.  l'hillip|)i,  K.  W.  Curtis.  H.  K.  Miller. 
Sager  Tryon,  S.  G.  Zieglor,  M.  K.  Richardson,  A.  A.  Maysilles,  (i.  W. 
Bonebrake,  J.  H.  Button,  G.  E.  McDonald.  G.  \V.  Stover,  W.  S.  Wilson, 
Mrs.   Ira   Holbrook,  J.   \V.   Kilbourne. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Cliaptcrs  li. 
7,  8,  9.  and  Section  .">  of  rhai)ter  2:^.) 

2.  Boundaries. 

\V.  O.  Jones,  M.  F.  Dawson,  H.  Deal.  F.  P.  Overniyer,  J.  K.  Knipp, 
W.  A.  Xicoles,  W.  H.  Wright,  .1.  11.  Kiracofe.  S.  L.  Todd,  ,1  S. 
Wilhelni,  F.  L.  Stephens,  .1.  J.  Shore,  W.  .M.  Pettihon.  H.  M.  Fletcher. 
S.  C.  Enck. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  (piestions  covered  l)y  Disrii)line, 
Chapters  J9  and  ?,0. ) 

3.  Credentials. 

F.  M.  Testerinan,  J.  W.  Kilbourne,  W.  A.  Cochran.  .1.  li.  En.sile. 
Ottie  \V.   i:)ouglas. 

(To  examine  credentials  of  delegates  and  to  make  recommenda- 
tions to  the  Conference  should  any  contests  occur.) 

4.  Foreign  Missions. 

A.  R.  Clii)pingei',  \V.  F.  Gruver.  Cloyd  C.  Rose,  G.  A.  Lambert. 
J.  M.  Cogan,  J.  H.  Brunk,  A.  H.  Laughbaum,  Fred  Slaughter,  C.  L. 
Grabill,  F.  R.  .Feanke,  Mrs.  .J.  C.  Morgan.  Vincente  Colon.  W.  .M.  Hodges, 
J.  W.  McCoy,  Mrs.  Floyd  Rrower,  Tadashi  Yabe.  Lucas  Herrin.  J;  R. 
Knipp,  Frank  Oldt. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Chapter  IS.  I 

5.  Home  Missions  and  Church  Erection. 

(L  E.  McDonald.  A.  S.  Hammacl<,  E.  H.  Shuey,  O.  E.  Knepp,  Albert 
Kiester,  C.  A.  Sickafoose,  J.  Hart  Truesdale,  W.  T.  Frank.  Miss  Lillian 
Kendig,  W.  S.  Secrist,  C.  B.  Walter,  Miss  Grace  Whitney.  Miss  .lennie 
Gillespie,  Mrs.  Sylvia  Smith,  David  .Manly.  W.  A.  Cochran,  G.  W. 
Bechtolt. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  (juestions  involved  in  Chapters 
T7  and  2L) 


6.  Education. 

J.  P.  Landis,  J.  H.  Harris.  I.  .J.  Good,  J.  H.  Ruebiish.  M.  R.  Fleming, 

C.  E.  Heisel,  Mark  Keppel,  B.  F.  Daugherty,  A.  A.  Kelser,  R.  G. 
Mowery,  O.  E.  Neeley,  C.  L.  Miller,  Miss  Hortense  Potts,  Miss  Beulah 
Chappelie. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Chapter  23, 
Sections  1,  2,  .3,  and  4. ) 

7.  Publishing  Interests  and  Church  Literature. 

P.  M.  Camp,  J.  A.  Lyter,  G.  A.  Lambert,  A.  S.  Kreider,  C.  L.  Ray- 
mond, A.  A.  Thompson,  F.  Berry  Plummer,  A.  D.  Shaffer,  M.  R.  Drury, 

E.  J.  Pace,  R.  S.  Showers,  C.  E.  Pilgrim,  Ira.  A.  Holbrook,  H.  C. 
Shaffer,  J.  F.  Musselmau,  .7.  J.  Funk,  W.  H.  Keys,  J.  S.  Wilhelm. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Discipline, 
Chapter  22,  and  Publishing  Agent's  report  and  all  memorials  pertain- 
ing to  publishing  interests.) 

8.  State  of  the   Church  and   Evangelism. 

.T.  E.  Shannon,  J.  T.  Foster,  J.  F.  Miller,  J.  W.  Settle,  L.  0.  Blake, 

D.  L.  Doub,  W.  W.  Wright,  M.  L.  Robey,  E.  G.  Sawyer,  H.  L.  Carl,  E.  F. 
Wegner,  H.  G.  Longenecker,  A.  B.  Schlotterbeck,  John  Abellera,  G.  C. 
Blair,  Mrs.  Addie  Thomas,  Delbert  Shaw,  F.   M.   Testerman.^ 

( To  consider  favorable  and  unfavorable  conditions  within  and 
outside  of  the  Church  that  favor  or  hinder  progress.  What  can  the 
Church  do  to  improve  its  character  so  as  to  resist  error  and  embrace 
favorable  opportunities?  What  can  Evangelism  contribute  to  the 
present  conditions  of  the  Church  and  community?  What  type  of 
Evangelism  shall  be  emphasized?  How  conducted?  Committee  will 
consider  and  report  on  all  contents  involved  in  Discipline,  Chapter  25.) 

9.  Temporal  Economy  and  Salaries. 

Mark  Keppel,  Eugene  Schaefer,  G.  D.  Batdorf,  E.  H.  Cadle,  W.  P. 
Alspach,   E.   S.   Neuding,  J.  R.   Engle,   S.   C.   Caldwell,   H.   D.  Thomas. 

F.  P.  Geib,  V.  H.  Miller,  Henrv  Wolfe,  E.  G.  Bufkin.  C.  O.  Yeatts.  A.  E. 
Roose. 

(  Will  consider  and  report  on  all  salaries  and  emolument  of  Gen- 
eral Conference  Secretaries  and  Officers.) 

10.  Nominations. 

A.  B.  Station,  R.  A.  Ilitt,  .1.  \V.  Settle,  L  S.  Slaughter.  .1.  A.  Bray, 
A.  S.  Hammack,  S.  M.  Snider,  1.  E.  Caldwell,  J.  H.  Morton.  G.  E. 
McDonald,  W.  L.  Waldo,  A.  R.  Ai-ford,  E.  G.  Hall,  E.  Perkins,  Arthur 
Reese,  F.  L.  Stephens.  ' 

(To  nominate  persons  for  the  offices  to  be  filled  by  the  General 
Conference.) 


11.  Goals  and  Program. 

A.  S.  Kieidci'.  .1.  A.  (Jiovi's.  i:.  11.  Wjitcrs,  Ira  I  >.  WariuT,  1".  N. 
Munch,  J.  Hursh  Owen,  .1.  L.  Graves,  W.  P.  Alspa<h,  W.  H.  Spangler. 
W.  W.  Wright,  D.  M.  Slusser.  V.  M.  Horst.  Charles  Hredeii.  W.  K.  Air- 
hart,  Miss  Grace  Hankins,   \V.  A.   Xicoles,  .1.  A.   Lyter. 

(Will  consider  Discipline  i)art  S.  page  I'll,  to  Article  1(»,  page  21.', 
and  hear  the  needs  and  desires  of  the  various  Boards  and  re<'oniniend 
a  budget  for  the  coming  four  years  and  a  program  necessary  to  achieve 
the  spiritual  and  financial  aims  of  the  church.) 

12.  Sunday  School  and  Christian  Endeavor. 

M.  R.  Ballinger.  ().  'i".  Deever.  .1.  M.  Cogan,  l.eroy  S.  Long.  C.  E. 
Wilson,  Mrs.  0.  E.  Williams.  C,.  L.  Stine,  D.  W.  Cunningham,  Mrs. 
Charles  Grant.  Mrs.  H.  V.  Anderson.  Robert  Earls,  C.  \V.  Winey.  W.  O. 
Cooley,  Elmer  Funk,  E.  E.  Stettler.  E.  E.  Harris. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Chapter 
16.) 

13.  Temperance,  Prohibition  and  Social  Advance. 

W.  L.  Perkins,  R.  R.  Putterwick,  C.  F.  Luckhart,  R.  A.  Powell. 
W.  H.  Todd,  D.  B.  Kessinger,  G.  E.  Bennett.  W.  E.  Airhart.  S.  D.  Clark. 
W.  F.  Tieje,  Elmer  Henderson,  Miss  Matilda  Weber,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Ditmars,  Ottie  W.  Douglas. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  ((uestious  involved  in  Chapter 
11.) 

14.  Pensions,  Homes  and  Orphanages. 

J.  S.  Fulton.  R.  J.  White,  C.  B.  Fletcher.  J.  T.  Roberts,  .J.  P.  Koontz. 
A.  R.  Ayres.  J.  W.  Walls.  R.  S.  Smither,  .1.  F.  Musselman,  V.  H.  Miller. 
E.  H.  Wilson.  W.  E.  Gillingham.  E.  X.  Horner.  Mrs.  Eugene  Moore. 
Geo.  C.  Blair. 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Chapters 
26  and  27i  and  the  Ministerial  Pension  Plan  recommended  by  the 
Board  of  Administration.) 

15.  Revision  in  Church  Discipline. 

E.  L.  Shuey.  S.  C.  Enck.  J.  S.  Ivendall,  W.  N.  .McFaul.  W.  H. 
Arbogast,  W.  F.  Cronk,  H.  M.  Whitcraft,  L.  A.  Rider.  J.  S.  Fulton. 
D.  W.  Bovee,  W.  M.  Slaughter,  C.  L.  Raymond,  W.  M.  .Jones,  M.  B. 
Leach,  G.  D.  Stine,  H.  E.  Myers,  C.  E.  Pilgrim,  O.  T.  Deever,  J.  H. 
Ruebush,  W.  A.  Nicoles,  I.  E.  Caldwell,  H.  C.  Shaffer.  H.  W.  Widdoes, 
J.  B.  Ware,  Mrs.  Floyd  Brower,  Mrs  W.  A.  Sinims.  • 

(Will  consider  and  report  on  all  questions  involved  in  Chapters 
4,  5,  10,  12,  1.3,  14,  15,  24,  28,  31  and  32,  and  the  changes  in  Discipline 
recommended   bv   the   Board   of  Administration.) 


16.     Report  Blanks. 

.[.    T.    Foster    E.    S.    Neiiding,    .1    E.    Shannon,    H.    L.    Carl,    M.    R. 
Ballinger,  Cloyd  C.  Rose,  A.  R.  Clippinger,  W.  M.  .Jones. 
(To  consider  and  report  on  uniform  report  blanks.) 

NOTE:  In  each  instance  the  first  person  named  is  the  chairman 
with  power  to  call  the  committee  and  complete  the  organization. 

The  committees  will  not  only  consider  the  language  of  the  various 
articles  in  the  Discipline  but  will  consider  the  entire  subject  matter 
covered  by  the  portions  of  the  Discipline  assigned  to  them,  as  well  as 
all  reports,  recommendations  and  memorials  pertaining  to  the  work 
of  the  individual  committees,  and  recommend  such  changes  as  may 
seem  to  them  wise. 

BOARD  OF  BISHOPS, 

William  M.   Bell,   President, 
H.  H.  Font,  Secretary. 


Ministerial  Pension  Plan 


Changes  in  Discipline 


Suggestions  for  a  Program 


Recommendations  to  be  Considered  by  the 

Delegates  to  the  General  Conference  which 

Convenes  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 

May  12.1921. 


BOARD  OF   ADMINISTRATION 
United  Brethren  in  Christ 
415  Otterbein  Press  Bldg., 
Dayton,  Ohio. 


Foreword 

The  last  General  Conference,  in  session  at  Wichita,  Kansas,  gave 
instructions  to  the  Board  of  Administration  to  prepare  a  plan  for 
ministerial  relief,  and  to  raise  a  fund  for  our  retired  and  disabled 
ministers,  their  widows  and  children. 

The  General  Conference  also  voted  that, 

"The  Board  shall  recommend  to  the  succeeding  General  Conference 
such  changes  in  the  FHscipline  and  plans  of  organization,  and  such 
methods  of '  cooperation  as  it  believes  will  increase  the  efficiency  and 
coordijiate  the  work  of  the  entire  Church — its  recommendations  to 
he  printed  and  mailed  to  each  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  at 
least  thirty  days  before  the  convening  of  the  conference.  The  Board 
shall  study  the  Charters  of  institutions  and  societies  of  the  Church  and 
supply  the  General   Conference   any   needed  information." 

The  Board  has  sought  to  be  faithful  in  fulfilling  this  special  task 
assigned  to  it,  and  after  careful  study  and  work  through  sub-committees, 
the  Board  has  prepared  recommendations  for  a  Preachers'  Pension 
Plan,  changes  in  the  Discipline  and  suggested  plans  for  cooperative 
work  for  the  next  four  years. 

These  recommendations  are  submitted  in  this  leaflet  to  the  delegates 
of  the  next  General  Conference,  with  the  belief  that  they  will  be  given 
thorough  consideration  on  the  part  of  each  delegate,  so  that  through 
the  combined  judgment  of  all,  wrought  out  in  an  atmosphere  of  prayer 
and  full  counsel,  such  plans  and  policies  shall  be  adopted  as  shall 
represent  the  will  of  God  for  our  Church. 

These  recommendations  cover  only  such  things  as  the  Board  believes 
it  is  expected  to  report  upon. 


Members  of  The  Board  of  Administration 

G.  M.  Mathkws,  Chairman  J.   S.  Filtox,  Recording  Secretary 

S.  S.  Hough.  Executive  Secretary 

W.  M.  Bki.l Harrisburg,  Pa.      M.  R.  Ballincku.  .  .  .Findlay,  Ohio 

H.  H.  FouT Indianapolis,  Ind.      J.  T.  Fcster Mason,  W.Va. 

C.  J.  Kkph.\rt  ..Kansas  City,  Mo.      G.  E.  McDonald.  ..  .Portland,  Ore. 

W.  H.  Washixgkr.  .Portland,  Ore.      R.  A.  Hitt Westerville.  Ohio 

A.  T.  Howard Dayton,  Ohio      W.  N.  McFaui Baltimore,  Md. 

\V.M.WEEKLEY,Parkersburg,W.Va.      F.  P.  Geib Grand  Rapids.  Mich 

N.  Casti-e Philomath,  Ore.      J.  M.  Cogax Canton.  Ohio 

A.  R.  Clippixgek.  . .  .Dayton,  Ohio      H.  M.  Whitckaft Logan.  Ohio 

V.  W.  0\-ERTOx.  .  .Los  Angeles,  Cal.      R.  H.  Bexxctt Eldorado,  Kan. 

W.  F.  GRUvER.Martinsburg,  W.Va.      J.  H.  Ruebuhh Dayton,  Va. 

C.  E.  Heisel Wichita,  Kan.      Mark  Keppel.  .  .Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

J.  E.   SiiAXXOx Marion,  Ind.      I.  J.  Good Indianapolis,  Ind. 

J.  R.  Engle Palmyra,  Pa. 


Ministerial  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan 

INTRODUCTORY  STATEMENT 

One  of  the  first  and  most  warmly  debated  questions  that  arises  in  the 
establishment  of  a  pension  system  for  preachers  is  whether  the  Church 
shall  pay  all  the  costs  of  the  benefits  or  whether  the  preachers  shall 
pay  part  of  the  costs  and  the  Church  the  remainder.  If  the  Church 
pays  all  the  costs,  the  system  is  technically  referred  to  as  "non- 
contributory"  and  becomes  a  'free"  pension  plan.  If  the  preachers  pay 
something  towards  the  costs,  the  system  is  referred  to  as  "contributory." 

The  history  of  the  pension  movement  in  America  discloses  a  universal 
trend  away  from  the  free  pension  plan.  The  plan  for  the  pensioning 
of  college  professors  which  was  started  in  1906,  was  begun  as  a  non- 
contributory  plan.  This  plan  had  the  .Carnegie  Foundation  with  its 
resources  of  millions  of  dollars  back  of  it,  but  it  was  found  desirable 
recently  to  change  to  the  contributory  plan.  Even  the  United  States 
Government  in  1918  adopted  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act  which  provides 
for  the  protection  of  members  of  our  military  and  naval  forces  on  a 
contributory  basis. 

In  the  preparation  of  a  Ministerial  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  for  the 
Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  a  careful  examination  and 
study  was  made  of  the  experiences  of  other  churches  along  this  line. 
The  Presbyterians,  Congregationalists,  Reformed,  Disciples  of  Christ, 
Methodists,  Episcopalians  and  other  bodies  have  already  made  good 
progress  in  the  development  of  a  pension  plan  for  their  ministers. 
These  churches,  as  a  rule  have  adopted  a  contributory  pension  plan 
which  provides  for  the  payment  of  a  maximum  pension  of  five  hundred 
dollars  ($500.00)  annually,  of  which  the  ministers'  contributions  are 
computed  to  pay  one-fifth  and  the  Church  pays  four-fifths.  Superannu- 
ation retirement  in  these  churches  varies  from  65  to  70  years  of  age. 
The  rates  of  contribution  of  the  ministers  have  been  determined  as  the 
results  of  a  careful  actuarial  investigation. 

In  some  churches  in  which  pension  plans  for  ministers  were  organized 
'on  a  non-contributory  basis,  it  was  found  desirable  to  change  to  a 
contributory  plan.  The  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  should 
adopt  a  pension  plan  for  its  ministers,  that  will  guarantee  them  protec- 
tion in  case  of  disability  or  when  they  reach  the  age  of  retirement  from 
active  service.  Surely  it  would  be  unwise  to  adopt  a  plan  that  has 
proven  unsatisfactory  when  tried  elsewhere. 

In  the  proposed  Ministerial  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  for  the  ClijUrch 
of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  the  contributory  feature  has  been 
incorporated.     The  maximum  annuity  is  fixed  at  five  hundred  dollars 


($500.00).  The  contribiitions  of  tlie  uiinister.s  are  coiiipiited  to  i)ay 
one-fifth  of  the  annuities  and  the  other  four-fifths  will  be  paid  from  the 
income  of  a  special  fund  provided  for  this  purpose. 

The  temptation  will  be  great  to  urge  that  the  rates  of  contribution  of 
the  ministers  be  made  lower,  but  it  should  be  kept  in  mind  that  a 
pension  plan  that  is  sound  and  can  pay  the  annuities  promised  is 
much  better  than  a  cheap  but  unsound  plan.  A  number  of  conferences 
have  Preachers'  Aid  funds  which  have  been  used  to  help  members  of 
the  local  conference.  A  minister  who  is  unable  to  pay  the  contribution 
required  for  membership  in  the  proposed  Church  Pension  Plan,  might 
have  part  of  his  contributions  to  the  pension  plan  paid  from  the  Con- 
ference Preachers"  Aid  fund.  In  •  conferences  where  there  is  no 
Preachers'  Aid  fund,  other  arrangements  could  be  made-  to  assist 
ministers  who  might  need  help  to  pay  their  contributions  to  the 
Pension  Plan. 

The  disability  benefits  as  well  as  the  benefits  guaranteed  widows  and 
orphans  in  the  proposed  plan  make  the  rates  much  higher  than  would 
be  necessary  if  superannuation  benefits  only  were  provided  for. 

Should,  all  ministers  who  are  eligible  to  join  elect  to  come  into  the 
proposed  Pension  Plan  it  is  estimated  that  it  will  require  the  income 
of  one  million  dollars  to  pay  the  Church's  share  of  the  cost  of  the 
expected  pensions,  and  annuities. 

Membership 

Sectio.n  1 

1.  Membership  in  the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  shall  be  limited 
to  regularly  ordained  ministers  anvl  missionaries  of  the  Church 
of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

2.  There  shall  be  two  classes  of  members,  contributory  and  non- 
contributory.  Contributory  members  shall  consist  of  those  who 
make  application  for  membership  and  who  have  not  reached  their 
sixty-sixth  birthday  prior  to  .January  1,  1922.  Non-contributory 
members  shall  consist  of  those  who  pass  their  sixty-sixth  birth- 
day prior  to  January  1,  1922. 

3.  Xo,one  who  is  eligible  to  join  as  a  contributory  member  and  who 
neglects  to  do  so  can  receive  the  benefits  of  this  Pension  and 
Annuity  Plan  either  as  a  disability  or  superannuation  annuitant. 

4.  Applications  for  membership  shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of 
the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan,  and  must  give  the  date  of  birth 
of  applicant,  complete  record  of  service  in  the  Church  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ,  and  such  other  information  as  may 
be  required.  A  certificate  of  membershij)  will  be  issued  to  each 
applicant  who  meets  the  requirements  of  membership  either  as 
a  contributory  or  non-contributory  member. 


Management 

Section  2 

1.  The  management  of  this  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  shall  be 
vested  in  a  Board  to  be  designated  by  the  General  Conference 
of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ.  The  employ- 
ment of  a  secretary  and  such  other  help  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  administration  of  this  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan,  shall 
be  under  the  direction  of  said  Board.  This  Board  shall  have 
charge  of  the  investment  of  the  funds  of  the  Pension  and 
Annuity  Plan  subject,  however,  to  the  restriction  that  the  funds 
may  be  invested  only  in  municipal,  state  and  federal  government 
bonds  or  other  securities  that  are  legal  for  the  investment  of 
the  funds  of  savings  banks  in  the  State  of  Ohio.  This  Board, 
may,  from  time  to  time,  adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  administration  of  the  Pension  and  Annuity 
Plan,  and  it  shall  have  full  authority  to  interpret  the  provisions 
of  the  Plan,  and  to  settle  questions  of  doubt  as  to  the  eligibility 
of  any  individual  for  membership  in  the  Pension  and  Annuity 
Plan. 

Funds 

Section  3 

1.  The  General  Church  Treasurer  of  the  Church  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  shall  be  the  treasurer  of  the  Pension  and 
Annuity  Plan. 

2.  The  funds  of  the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  shall  consist  of  the 
Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  and  the  Church  Service 
Annuity  Fund. 

3.  The  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  shall  consist  of  the 
contributions  of  contributory  members.  The  amount  which 
each  contributory  member  will  be  required  to  pay  annually  shall 
be  actuarily  computed  and  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  an  annuity 
of  $100.00  to  each  contributory  member  who  reaches  the  age  of 
sixty-eight  years.  Payments  to  the  Contributory  Members' 
Annuity  Fund  shall  cease  when  the  contributor  reaches  sixty-six 
years  of  age,  unless  said  contributor  has  been  granted  a  disability 
annuity  before  that  age,  in  which  case  the  contributor  shall  cease 
his  payments  from  the  date  his  disability  annuity  begins. 

4.  The  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  shall  consist  of  the  amount 
allotted  to  the  pension  fund  in  the  Budget  of  the  United  Enlist- 
ment Movement  and  sucli  other  money,  gifts  and  bequests  as 
shall  be  given  in  the  future  for  the  support  of  the  Pension  and 
Annuity  Plan  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 
The  income  only  of  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  shall  be 
used  for  the  payment  of  annuities. 

Superannuation  Annuities 

Section  4 

1.  The  maximum  superannuation  annuity  which  a  non-contributory 
member  can  receive  is   Four  Hundred   Dollars    ($400.00)    all  of 


which  will  be  paid  from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund.  The 
maximum  superannuation  annuity  which  a  contributory  member 
can  receive  is  Five  Hundred  Dollars  ($r)00.00).  One  Hundred 
Dollars  ($100.00)  of  which  will  be  paid  from  the  Contributory 
Members'  Annuity  Fund  and  Four  Hundred  Dollars  ($400.no) 
from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund.  The  superannuation 
annuity  of  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  which  a  contributory 
member  will  receive  from  the  Contributory.  Members*  Annuity 
F^ind  is  an  assured  annuity,  since  the  payments  of  contributory 
members  to  this  fund  have  been  actuarily  computed  so  as  to 
provide  an  annuity  of  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  to  eacn 
contributory  member  who  reaches  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years. 
Until  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  earns  an  income  large 
enough  to  provide  the  maximum  annuity  of  Four  Hundred 
Dollars  ($400.00)  to  be  paid  from  this  fund,  each  beneficiary  of 
the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  shall  receive  his  pro  rata 
share. 

2.  The  method  of  computing  the  amount  of  the  superannuation 
annuities  shall  be  as  follows:  A  non-contributory  member 
sixty-eight  years  of  age  or  older,  who  has  been  in  active  service 
In  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  at  least  thirty 
(30)  years,  shall  receive  from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund 
an  annuity  of  Four  Hundred  Dollars  ($400.00)  or  his  pro  rata 
share  thereof.  A  non-contributory  member  sixty-eight  years 
of  age  or  older  who  has  had  less  than  thirty  (30)  years  of 
service  in  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  shall 
receive  from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  an  annuity  of 
One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  or  his  pro  rata  share  thereof, 
with  Ten  Dollars  ($10.00)  additional  for  each  year  of  service. 

3.  A  contributory  member  sixty-eight  years  of  age  or  older  shall 
receive  from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  an  annuity  under 
the  same  conditions  governing  the  annuities  paid  non-contribu- 
tory members  from  this  fund,  and  in  addition  a  contributory 
member  shall  receive  from  the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity 
Fund  an  annuity  of  One  Hundred  Dollars   ($100.00). 

Disability  Annuities 

Section  5 

1.  In  order  to  be  eligible  to  receive  a  disability  annuity  a  member 
must  present  satisfactory  evidence  to  the  Board  that  he  is 
mentally  or  physically  incapacitated  for  the  performance  of 
the  duties  of  his  position.  Such  incapacitation  must  be  serious 
enough  to  be  regarded  as  permanent.  Should  his  disability 
later  prove  to  be  temporary  and  not  permanent,  the  member 
may,  upon  the  restoration  of  his  health,  resume  his  payments  to 
the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  and  the  benefits  which 
he  received  during  his  temporary  disability  shall  not  reduce  or 
in  any  way  impair  the  benefits  which  will  come  to  him  in  the 
future. 


2.  Any  member  who  is  receiving  a  disability  annuity  shall  not  be 
eligible  to  receive  the  increased  amount  prescribed  for  the 
superannuation  annuity  upon  reaching  the  age  of  sixty-eight 
years,  but  such  member  shall  continue  to  receive  the  disability 
annuity  only  with  such  increase  as  shall  come  to  the  disability 
annuitants  with  the  growth  of  the  income  from  the  Church 
Service  Annuity  Fund. 

3.  The  method  of  computing  the  amount  of  the  disability  annuities 
shall  be  as  follows:  Upon  the  presentation  of  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  eligibility  to  receive  a  disability  annuity  a  member 
under  sixty-eight  years  of  age  and  having  rendered  at  least  five 
years  of  service  shall  receive  a  disability  annuity  of  One  Hundred 
Dollars  ($100.00)  and  Ten  Dollars  ($10.00)  for  each  additional 
year  of  service,  providing  such  annuity  shall  not  exceed  Four 
Hundred  Dollars   ($400.00). 

4.  All  of  the  disability  annuity  of  a  non-contributory  member  shall 
be  paid  from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund.  One-fifth  of 
the  disability  annuity  of  a  contributory  member  shall  be  paid 
from  the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  and  four-fifths 
from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund.  Until  the  income  of 
the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund  is  large  enough  to  pay  the 
maximum  disability  annuities  each  disability  annuitant  shall 
receive  his  pro  rata  share. 

Death  Provisions 

Skctiox  6 

1.  Upon  the  death  of  a  superannuation  or  disability  annuitant  there 
shall  be  paid  to  his  widow,  so  long  as  she  lives  and  remains 
unmarried,  an  annuity  equal  to  one-half  the  amount  her  husband 
received  with  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  annually  in  addi- 
tion for  each  child  under  sixteen  (16)  years  of  age,  providing 
such  annuity  for  widow  and  minor  children  shall  not  exceed 
Five  Hundred  Dollars  ($500.00). 

2.  Upon  the  death  of  a  member  who  has  not  yet  become  either  a 
superannuation  or  disability  annuitant,  there  shall  be  paid  to 
his  widow  as  long  as  slje  lives  and  remains  unmarried,  an 
annuity  equal  to  one-half  the  disability  annuity  to  which  the 
member  would  have  been  entitled  for  disability  with  One  Hun- 
dred Dollars  ($100.00)  annually  in  addition  for  each  child  under 
sixteen  (16)  years  of  age,  providing  such  annuity  for  widow  and 
minor  children  shall  not  exceed.  Five  Hundred  Dollars  ($500.00). 

3.  Upon  the  death  of  a  member  who  leaves  no  widow  but  who  leaves 
children  under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age,  the  annuity  to  which 
the  widow  would  have  been  entitled,  combined  with  the  addi- 
tional annuity  on  account  of  minor  children,  will  be  eqijally 
divided  among  the  children,  the  share  of  each  child  ceasing  when 
the  child  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen   (18)  years. 

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4.  Ill  rase  of  the  death  of  a  widow  who  had  heeii  roceivinK  an 
annuity  and  who  is  survived  by  children  under  eiRhteon  (IS) 
years  of  age,  the  amount  of  her  annuity  shall  be  divided  equally 
among  the  minor  children,  the  share  of  each  child  ceasing  when 
the  child  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen  (18)  years. 

5.  All  of  the  annuities  paid  on  account  of  widows  and  minor  cliil- 
dren  of  non-contributory  members  shall  be  paid  from  the  Church 
Service  Annuity  Fund.  One-fifth  of  the  annuities  paid  on 
account  of  widows  and  minor  children  of  contributory  memliers 
shall  be  paid  from  the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund 
and  four-fifths  from  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund. 

Rates  of  Payment  for  Contributory  Members 

Section  7 

1.  The  amount  of  the  annual  payment  of  a  contributory  member  to 
the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  is  determined  by  his 
age  at  the  time  he  becomes  a  contributor  and  remains  constant. 
The  following  schedule  of  payments  has  been  prepared  so  as  to 
provide  for  the  payment  of  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($1"0.00) 
annually  to  each  contributory  member  after  he  reaches  sixty- 
eight  years  of  age.  This  annuity  of  One  Hundred  Dollars 
($100.00)  will  be  paid  to  contributory  members  in  addition  to  the 
annuity  of  Four  Hundred  Dollars  ($400.00)  that  will  be  provided 
for  by  the  Church  Service  Annuity  Fund.  All  payments  by 
members  cease  at  thfe  age  of  sixty-six  years  or  earlier  in  case 
of  disability. 


Age 

Quarterly  Payni't 

Semi-annual  Paym't 

.\nnual  Pavm't 

21 

$  4.85 

$  9.70 

$19.40 

22 

4.87 

9.74 

19.48 

23 

4.89 

9.79 

19.57 

24 

4.91 

9.83 

19.66 

25 

4.94 

9.87 

19.75 

26 

4.96 

9.92 

19.84 

27 

5.05 

10.11 

20.22 

28 

5.17 

10.34 

20.68 

29 

5.30 

10.61 

21.21 

30 

5.45 

10.90 

21.80 

31 

5.62 

11.23 

22.47 

32 

5.64 

11.61 

23.22 

33 

5.98 

11.95 

23.91 

34 

6.22 

12.44 

24.88 

35 

6.46 

12.92 

25.84 

36 

6.72 

13.44 

26.89 

37 

7.00 

14.01 

28.02 

38 

7.31 

14.63 

29.26 

39 

7.65 

15.29 

30.58 

40 

8.01 

16.02 

32.05 

41 

8.41 

16.82 

33.63 

Age 

Quarterly  Paym't 

42 

8.87 

43 

9.31 

44 

9.83 

45 

10.39 

46 

11.01 

47 

11.71 

48 

12.25 

49 

13.34 

50 

14.31 

51 

15.41 

52 

16.67 

53 

18.10 

54 

19.78 

55 

21.75 

Semi-annual  Paym't  Annual  Paym'i: 

17.73  35.46 

18.62  37.24 
19.65  39.30 
20.78  41.56 
22.03  44.07 
23.43  46.85 

24.49  49.97 
26.69  53.37 

28.63  57.25 
30.82  61.64 
33.33  66.65 
36.20  72.40 
39.55  79.10 

43.50  87.f>0 
Anyone  entering  the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  between  the  ages  of 
fifty-five  and  sixty-six  will  pay  annually  the  regular  rate  as  at  age 
fifty-five,  but  to  the  first  payment  must  be  added  back  payments  with 
interest  at  3  percent  for  his  years  beyond  age  fifty-five. 

For  example,  at  56  he  would  pay  for  the  current  year  $87.00; 
one  back  payment  $87.00;  and  interest  on  $87.00  for  one  year 
$2.61;   total  $176.61. 

Entering  at  57;  $87.00;  two  back  payments  $174.00;  and 
interest  on  $87.00  for  one  and  two  years  respectively  $2.61  and 
$5.22;   total  $268.83. 

Entering  at  58;  $87.00;  three  back  payments  $261.00;  and 
interest  on  $87.00  for  one,  two  and  three  years  respectively 
$2.71,  $5.22  and  $7.83;  total  $363.66. 

Entering  at  59;  $87.00;  four  back  payments  $348.00;  and 
interest  on  $87.00  for  one,  two,  three  and  four  years  respectively; 
total  $461.10. 

Entering  at  60;  $87.00;  five  back  payments  $435.00  and 
interest  on  $87.00  for  one,  two,  three,  four  and  five  years 
respectively;  total  $561.15. 

Entering  at  61,  $87.00;  six  back  payments  $522.00  and  interest 
on  $87.00  for  one,  two,  three,  four,  five  and  six  years  respectively; 
total  $663.81. 

Entering  at  62,  .$87.00;  seven  back  payments  $609.00  and 
interest  on  $87.00  for  one,  two,  three,  four,  five,  six  and  seven 
years  respectively;  total  $769.08. 

Entering  at  63,  $87.00;  eight  back  payments  $696.00  and 
interest;  total  $876.96. 

Entering  at  64,  $87.00;  nine  back  payments  $783.00  and 
interest;  total  $987.45. 

Entering  at  65;  $87.00;  ten  back  payments  $870.00  and 
interest;  total  $1100.55. 

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2.  Anyone  entering  the  Pension  and  Annnity  IMan  between  the 
ages  of  fifty-five  and  sixty-six  years  who  is  nnable  to  pay  the 
back  payments  reqnired  at  the  age  of  entrance,  may  pay  the 
regular  annual  payment  of  $S7.00  only,  and  upon  retirement 
either  for  disability  or  superannuation  such  person  shall  receive 
one-half  (^^)  of  the  regular  disability  or  superannuation  annuity 
which  would  otherwise  be  paid»  This  one-half  (y>)  regular 
disability  or  superannuation  annuity  will  be  paid  only  until  the 
unpaid  back  payments  of  the  member,  with  interest  at  3  percent, 
have  been  made  up,  after  which  the  regular  full  disability  or 
superannuation  annuity  will  be  paid. 

3.  The  payments  of  contributory  members  are  payable  annually  in 
advance  at  the  office  of  the  Treasurer  on  each  anniversary  date 
of  the  certificate  of  membership,  but  they  may  be  paid  in  semi- 
annual or  quarterly  installments. 

4.  Sixty  days  grace  without  Interest,  shall  be  granted  for  each 
payment  of  dues  or  installment  of  dues  during  which  time  the 
privileges  and  benefits  of  membership  shall  continue  in  force. 

5.  If  death  or  disability  occurs  within  the  days  of  grace  the  unpaid 
portion  of  the  member's  dues  for  the  current  year  shall  be 
deducted  from  the  current  annuity  payments. 

6.  In  case  a  member  becomes  delinquent  in  the  payment  of  his 
dues  he  may  be  reinstated  on  condition  that  the  Board  approves 
his  application  for  reinstatement  and  he  pays  all  arrearages  of 
dues  with  interest  at  six  (6)   percent  compounded  annually. 

7.  Anyone  who  believes  himself  unable  to  pay  the  full  rate  may  join 
the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan : 

(a)  By  electing  to  pay  one-half  of  the  full  rate  and  receive 
accordingly  the  proportionate  one-half  interest  in  the 
annuity  benefits.  These  one-half  annuity  benefits  shall  be 
one-half  of  the  annuity  benefits  which  the  member  secures 
from  the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  plus  one- 
half  of  the  annuity  benefits  which  come  from  the  Church 
Service  Annuity  Fund. 

(b)  Anyone  who  joins  the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan  at  the 
half-rate  payment  may  advance  at  any  time  to  the  full- 
rate  payment  and  thus  secure  the  full  annuity  benefits  by 

'  paying  the  rate  for  the  age  at  which  the  application  for 
the  full  rate  is  made.  The  member  will  thus  be  entitled 
to  the  full  annuity  benefits  of  the  Pension  and  Annuity 
Plan,  but  he  will  pay  one-half  of  the  rate  for  the  age  when 
he  joins  the  Plan  and  one-half  of  the  rate  for  the  age 
when  he  made  application  for  full  benefits.  For  example: 
A  member  applying  for  admission  to  the  Pension  and 
Annuity  Plan  at  the  one-half  rate  at  2.5  years  of  age  would 
pay  one-half  of  the  25-year  rate,  which  is  $9.88.  If  fifteen 
years  later  at  the  age  of  40  he  should  apply  for  the  full- 


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rate  payment,  he  would  increase  his  payment  by  one-half 
of  the  full  4n-year-age  rate,  which  is  $16.03.  This  would 
make  his  total  payment  $9.SS  plus  $16.03  or  $25.91  which  is 
larger  than  the  full  25-year  rate  and  smaller  than  the  full 
40-year  rate. 

Withdrawals 

Sectiox  8 

1.  Should  a  member  leave  the  service  of  the  Church  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  or  engage  in  an  occupation  that  would  dis- 
qualify him  for  membership  in  the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan, 
his  membership  shall  automatically  cease  and  upon  the  surrender 
of  his  certificate  of  membership  his  payments  to  the  Contributory 
Members'  Annuity  Fund,  less  the  amount  of  any  disability 
annuity  which  he  may  have  received,  shall  be  returned  to  him. 

2.  Should  a  member  withdraw  from  the  Pension  and  Annuity  Plan 
for  any  reason  other  than  eligibility  tq  continue  as  a  member 
and  surrender  his  certificate  of  membership,  his  payments  to' 
the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund,  less  the  amount  of 
any  disability  annuity  which  he  may  have  received,  shall  be 
returned  to  him. 

3.  A  member  who  has  withdrawn  from  the  Pension  and  Annuity 
Plan  may  again  become  a  member  on  condition  that  the  Board 
approves  his  application  for  the  renewal  of  his  membership  and 
he  returns  to  the  Contributory  Members'  Annuity  Fund  the 
amount  of  the  payments  refunded  to  him  with  interest  com- 
pounded annually  at  six  (G)  percent  from  the  date  of  refund. 
The  rate  of  payment  of  one  who  thus  renews  his  membership 
shall  be  determined  by  his  age  when  he  renews  his  membership. 


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Recommended  Changes  in  the  Book  of 
Discipline 

INTRODUCTORY  STATEMENT 

The  Board  of  Administration,  as  anthorized  by  the  last  General 
Conference,  has  studied  the  situation  in  the  Church  and  the  Discipline 
v.'ith  a  view  to  recommending  such  changes  as  in  its  judgment  seems 
'vise.  A  sub-committee,  through  correspondence  and  otherwise, 
secured  from  leaders  in  conferences  their  suggestions  regarding  changes 
find  new  legislation. 

Many  who  responded  believe  the  time  is  here  for  the  General  Con- 
ference to  give  its  chief  energy  to  more  essential  things  than  changing 
the  phraseology  of  the  Discipline.  However,  every  living,  growing 
church  must  necessarily  make  changes  in  its  organization  and  methods 
of  work,  from  time  to  time,  with  a  view  to  making  the  loc^l  churches, 
the  annual  conferences,  and  the  church  at  large  more  and  more  efficient 
in  the  work  they  are  expected  to  do. 

The  Board  believes,  that  while  the  chief  work  of  the  next  General 
Conference  should  be  that  of  constructing  a  challenging  program,  and 
of  setting  forth  inspiring  objectives  to  be  realized  during  the  ensuing 
four  years,  very  careful  attention  must  be  given  to  the  necessary  legis- 
lation concerning  every  phase  of  our  church  life  and  work. 

The  Board,  with  the  limited  time  at.  its  command,  could  make  but 
a  partial  study  of  this  subject.     It  recommends  what  follows: 

Suggested  Changes  in  Discipline 

Page  19,  change  question  1,  to  applicants  for  church  membership, 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Do  you  believe  the  Bible  to  be  the  Word  of  God,  and  that  therein  only 
is  revealed  the  way  of  salvation? 

Page  19,  after  question  6,  to  applicants  for  church  membership, 
substitute  for   the    parenthetical    statement   the    following: 

(The  applicant  must  receive  the  ordinance  of  baptism  at  the  time  of 
or  prior  to  being  received  into  the  membership  of  the  Church,  unless 
the  mode  selected  would  make  the  service  impracticable  at  the  time.) 

Pago  20,  change  paragraph  5  under  "Receiving  Children"  to  read  as 
follows: 

We  hold  that  little  children  are  of  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

Pastors  are  authorized  to  baptize  the  children  of  Christian  parents  or 
parent,  and  to  enroll  them   under   the  watchcare  of  the  Church,   and 

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A'hen  they  shall  give  evidence  of  understanding  the  obligation  of  the 
Christian  life,  and  shall  publicly  confess  Christ  as  their  personal 
Savior,  they  shall  be  received  into  full  membership  in  the  Church. 

Pages  22  and  23,  combine  paragraph  9  under  "Support  of  the 
Gospel"  with  paragraph  11,  under  "Support  of  General  Interests." 
Eliminate  the  phrase,  "monthly  or  quarterly."  The  combined  item 
will  read  as  follows: 

It  is  the  duty  of  all  members  of  the  Church  to  pay  weekly  toward 
the  support  of  the  intinerant  ministry,  in  proportion  to  their  ability, 
as  God  has  prospered  them;  for  the  Lord  hath  ordained  that  they 
who  preach  the  gospel  shall  live  by  the  gospel.  (I  Cor.  9:14;  I  Tim. 
5:18.)  It  is  earnestly  urged  that  all  our  people  practice  the  Bible 
method  of  giving.  "Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  every  one  of  you 
lay  by  him  in  store,  as  God  has  prospered  him"  (I  Cor.  16:2).  It  is 
also  their  duty  to  contribute  according  to  their  ability  to  the  support 
of  the  various  benevolent  interests  of  the  Church. 

Page  27,  Section  4,  under  "Transfer  and  withdrawal  of  Members." 

We  recommend  the  elimination  of  all  forms  of  letters  except  transfers 
and  certificates  of  withdrawal.  This  recommendation  comprehends  a 
rewriting  of  section  4,  pages  27  to  29. 

Page  2S,  Section  4,  for  items  3  and  4,  substitute  the  following: 

Letters  of  Transfer 

3.  The  pastor  of  a  member  moving  from  one  charge  to  another 
is  required  to  issue  a  certificate  of  transfer  immediately  upon  the  vote 
of  the  official  Board  and  forward  it  to  the  pastor  of  the  chai'ge  of  the 
United  Brethren  Church  to  which  the  individual  has  moved,  unless  the 
member  moving  requests  that  his  membership  remain  with  his  home 
church. 

Page  29,  Section  4,  to  item  11,  add  the  following: 

Annual  conference  preachers  shall  report  yearly  the  place  of  their 
church  membership.     The  item   will  then  read  as  follows: 

All  quarterly  and  annual  conference  preachers  are  required  to  hold 
membership  in  some  local  church,  and  upon  neglect  or  refusal  to  do 
so  shall  lose  their  official  relations.  Annual  conference  preachers 
shall  report  yearly  to  the  Committee  on  Conference  relations  the  place 
of  their  church  membership. 

Church  Organization 

Page  30,  Chapter  5,  paragraph  2,  change  so  as  to  conform  with 
the  United  Enlistment  Group  plan  and  specify  this  for  each  church 
that  the  plan  may  be  made  permanent. 

It  is  further  recommended  in  this  connection  that  provisions  .be 
made  for  regular  exi)ert  instruction  of  all  groups  in  manner  of  living 
and  church  work. 

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Page  30,  Section  1,  i)aragi-;u)h  ;'..  eliminate  the  item  and  substitute 
the  following: 

When  a  quarterly  conference  deems  it  impracticable  to  maintain 
the  organization  of  a  church  in  any  place,  it  shall  instruct  its  rep- 
resentatives to  present  the  matter  to  the  annual  conference  for  its 
consideration.  In  no  case  shall  a  quarterly  conference  disband  a  class 
without  the  consent  of  the  annual  conference.  When  a  class  is  dis- 
banded the  remaining  members  shall  be  transferred  by  the  pastor  to 
such,  class  or  classes  as  they  may  desire. 

Page  33,  paragraph  8,  substitute  the  word  '•correct"  for  "revise."  The 
item  will  read  as  follows: 

The  official  board  shall  correct  the  church  records  as  provided  in 
Chapter  VII.  Section  II,  Paragraph  3,  and  shall  be  the  body  to 
grant  transfers  and   dismissals   from  the  church. 

Page  34,   following  item   10,  insert  the  following: 

An  auditing  committee  shall  be  provided  in  every  local  church, 
whose  duties  it  shall  be  to  audit,  annually,  the  books  of  all  treasurers. 
Said  committee  shall  be  elected  by  the  official  board  at  its  last  reg- 
ular meeting  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  annual  conference. 

Page  34,  eliminate  paragraph  II,  and  substitute  the  following: 

The  acts  of  the  official  boards  shall  be  submitted  to  the  quarterly 
conference  for  approval  or  amendment. 

Page  35,  paragraph  12,  substitute  "general  steward"  for  "financial 
secretary."     The  former  applies  to  circuits,  the  latter  to  stations. 

Page  35,  eliminate  article  5.  It  is  the  function  of  the  official 
board  and  not  the  quarterly  conference  to  elect  local  church  treasurers. 

It  is  further  recommended  that  article  12,  page  35,  be  eliminated  on 
the  grounds  that  the  official  board  should  elect  its  financial  secretary. 

Page  35,  eliminate  paragraph  13,  under  Circuit  Finance  Committee 
and  substitute  the  following: 

The  Finance  Committee  on  Stations  shall  consist  of  the  official  board 
of  the  church. 

On  circuits  the  Finance  Committee  shall  consist  of  the  pastor,  general 
steward,  and  one  or  more  persons  at  each  appointment  on  the  charge, 
elected  hy  the  quarterly  conference.  These  committees  shall  meet  at 
the  time  and  place  specified  by  the  pastor  appointed  to  the  charge,  and 
make  out  an  estimate  of  the  regular  expenses,  and  apportion  the  same 
to  the  different  appointments  according  to  their  respective. ability,  and 
report  the  same  to  the  quarterly  conference  for  ratification.  This  com- 
mittee shall  also  serve  as  an  executive  committee  for  the  quarterly 
conference  during  the  year,  in  all  matters  of  finance. 

Page  37,  paragraph  4,  in  sixth  line  insert  the  clause  "and  the  Bishoi) 
of  the  district."     The  item  will  then  read  as  follows: 

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The  conference  shall  elect  by  ballot  one  or  more  secretaries  as  the 
case  may  require,  who,  in  addition  to  discharging  their  regular  duties 
as  secretaries,  shall,  immediately  on  the  adjournment  of  the  annual 
conference  transmit  to  the  publishing  agent,  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  and 
to  the  Bishop  of  the  district,  a  true  transcript  of  the  footings  of  the 
conference  chart. 

Conference  Treasurer 

Page  37,  following  paragraph  4,  insert  the  following  new  item: 

Each  conference  shall  elect,  by  ballot,  a  treasurer,  who  shall  hold 
rJl  funds  of  the  conference  and  shall  disburse  the  same  on  order  of 
conference.  Said  treasurer  shall  be  required  to  give  bond  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  duty,  the  amount  of  the  bond  to  be  fixed 
by  the  conference.  He  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  that  body 
may  determine.  In  case  of  vacancy  it  shall  be  filled  by  the  Bishop  and 
Conference  Council  of  Administration. 

Page  38,  after  paragraph  5,  insert  a  new  item  as  follows: 

Pastors'  Reports 

Each  pastor  shall  make  a  statistical  report  to  the  annual  confer- 
ence in  which  he  serves.  Blank  reports  to  be  furnished  through  the 
conference"  superintendent. 

Page  38,  paragraph  9,  insert  the  word  "treasurer"  after  "conference" 
in  first  line.    The  item  will  read  as  follows: 

The  annual  conference  treasurer  shall  forward  to  the  general  Church 
treasurer  on  the  25th  of  each  month  all  monies  collected  by  the  confer- 
ence for  all  general  benevolences,  and  in  no  case  can  these  funds  be 
diverted  to  conference  interests. 

Page  44,  paragraph  1,  after  "college"  in  line  thirteen,  insert  "ex- 
cept in  extraordinary  cases."  Such  cases  to  be  referred  to  the  Con- 
ference Superintendent  for  final  decision. 

Page  46,  paragraph  2,  question  3,  substitute  "revealed"  for  "con- 
tained."   The  question  will  read  as  follows: 

Do  you  believe  the  Bible  to  be  the  Word  of  God,  and  that  therein 
is  revealed  the  only  way  to  our  salv.^tion? 

Page  46,  paragraph  3 — (1),  add  to  sentence,  "Except  in  extraordi- 
nary cases, — such  cases  to  be  referred  to  the  Bishop  and  Conference 
Superintendent  for  final  decision." 

Page  47,  paragraph  9,  should  be  strengthened  or  substituted  with  a 
form  of  preachers'  license  that  would  serve  as  a  check  on  those  who 
leave  us  irregularly,  and  later  seek  admission  into  our  ministry 
on  the  ground  of  the  license  they  hold. 

It  is  recommended  that  there  be  a  number  of  blank  transfers  and  oi^e 
blank  certificate  of  dismissal  on  the  reverse  side  of  an  Annual  Confer- 
ence License.     The  form  to  be  as  follows: 

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Transfer 

This  is  to  certify  that is  by  vote  of 

Confereuce  transferred   to    '.     Conference  of '  the'  Church 

ot  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Date  Bishop 

^^^^ Secretary 

Dismissal 

This   is  to  certify  that has   been   on   this 

date    honorably    dismissed    from    the    ministry    and    Church    of    the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ  by  vote  of  Annual  Conference. 

Date  Bishop 

^^^^ ; Secretary 

It  is  believed  that  by  this  means  it  would  be  possible  to  determine 
or  trace  the  matter  of  a  preacher's  standing,  his  license  showing 
where  his  membership  has  been,  and  whether  properly  transferred. 

Page  47.  following  paragraph  9,  your  committee  recommends  the  in- 
sertion of  the  following  items  to  be  numbered  10  and  11.  The  re- 
maining paragraphs  of  Section  II,  to  be  numbered  in  their  order. 

10.  When  an  annual  conference  preacher  is  deprived  of  his  cre- 
dentials of  ordination,  by  expulsion  or  otherwise,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Bishop  who  presided  over  the  conference  to  require  them  of 
him,  and  to  have  them  filed  with  the  papers  of  the  conference  of 
which  he  was  a  member. 

11.  Should  an  annual  conference  preacher  be  deprived  of  his  cre- 
dentials of  ordination,  by  expulsion  or  otherwise,  and  at  any  future 
time  give  satisfactory  evidence  to  said  conference  of  his  amendment 
or  innocence,  and  procure  a  certificate  of  the  quarterly  conference  of 
the  circuit  or  station  where  he  resides,  recommending  to  the  annual 
conference  of  which  he  was  formerly  a  member,  the  restoration  of 
his  credentials,  the  said  conference  may  restore  them. 

Page  48,  Add  the  following  paragraph  to  Section  III.  To  appear 
as  item  2. 

Certificate  of  Reception  of  Ministers  from  Other  Churches 

When  a  minister  has  been  received  from  another  church  he  shall  be 
furnished  with  a  certificate  signed  by  the  Bishop  of  the  conference 
with   which  he  unites.     The  following  form  shall   be   used. 

This  is  to  certify  that  has  been  admitted  into 

,  Conference  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren 

in  Christ,  he  having  been  ordained  to  the  office  of  an  elder,  according 

to  the  usages  of  the  ,  Church,  of  which  he 

has  been  a  member  and  minister  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  exercise 
the  functions  pertaining  to  his  office  in  the  Church  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  so  long  as  his  conduct  and  doctrine  are  conformable 
with  the  gospel  of  Christ. 

Given  by  me  at this. day  of in  the 

year  of  our  Lord 

Bishop 

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Page  49,  following  paragraph  5,  add  the  following  items  to  be  num- 
bered   6,    7    and   8. 

Lay  Preachers 

6.  For  the  larger  interests  of  the  Church,  and  in  harmony  with 
church  agencies  in  the  best  days  of  the  Church's  history,  we  recog- 
nize the  office  of  lay  preachers.  A  quarterly  conference  shall  have 
authority  to  license  persons  to  said  office,  and  to  renew  their  license 
annually  when  in  its  judgment,  their  gifts,  grace,  and  usefulness  will 
warrant  it. 

7.  No  person  shall  be  licensed  to  the  office  of  lay  preacher  who 
is  not  duly  recommended  to  the  quarterly  conference  by  the  local 
church  of  which  he  is  a  member,  nor  without  first  passing  under  the 
direction  of  the  Conference  Superintendent,  an  approved  examination 
on  the  subject,  of  doctrines  and  discipline;  nor  shall  any  license  be 
valid  unless  signed  by  the  Conference  Superintendent. 

8.  Lay  preachers  may,  but  shall  not  be  required  to  pursue  the 
courses  of  study  leading  to  ordination.  They  may  be  recommended  to 
the  annual  conference  for  endorsement,  and  for  orders  or  for  recog- 
nition of  orders  to  serve  the  Church  in  the  way  that  the  conference 
may  direct  both  as  preachers  and  evangelists.  They  shall  be  mem- 
bers of  and  amenable  to  the  quarterly  conference  where  they  reside. 

The  following  form  of  lay  preacher's  license  shall  be  used: 

Lay  Preacher's  License 

The  bearer  hereof ,  having  been  duly  recoinmended 

for  license  as  a  lay  preacher  in  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in 
Christ,  is  hereby  authorized  to  preach  the  gospel,  according  to  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  said  Church. 

Given  at  a  Quarterly  Conference,  held  on   Charge 

Annual  Conference,  this day  of in  the  year 

of  our  Lord Void  unless  renewed  annually. 

Date Conference  Superintendent 

Page  49,  Paragraph  6,  change  to  paragraph  9.  Substitute  "employed" 
for  "authorized."     The  item  will  then  read  as  follows: 

No  preacher  shall  be  recognized  as  an  evangelist  unless  he  is  so 
employed  by  the  annual  conference  to  which  he  belongs,  or  accredited 
by  the  General  Commission  on  evangelism.  He  shall  report  his  work 
annually  to  his  conference. 

Page  49,  Section  V,  Paragraph  1.  Amend  so  as  to  specify  that  ordi- 
nation may  be  had  upon  the  completion  of  a  course  in  the  Seminary, 
or  upon  the  completion  of  a  course  of  study.  The  item  will  then 
read  as  follows: 

A  licentiate  preacher  may  be  presented  to  the  annual  conference 
for  elders'  orders  when  he  has  completed  a  course  in  Bonebrake  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  or  any  other  standard  seminary;  or  upon  thq  com- 
pletion of  the  course  of  study  prescribed  in  Chapter  IX,  Section  II, 
in  our  Book  of  Discipline. 

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Add  on  page  52,  Section  VI  paragraph  8  as  follows: 

Section  VI,  page  52,  paragraph  8:  Change  "$800  and  parsonage  on 
each  charge"  to  read  "$1200  and  parsonage  on  each  charge."  The 
entire  paragraph  will  then  read:  "The  Conference  Superintendent 
shall  earnestly  endeavor  to  arouse  the  membership  of  the  church  to  a 
more  uniform  performance  of  their  duties  as  to  a  minimum  salary  of 
$1200  and  parsonage  on  each  charge,  and  shall  suggest  the  most  practi- 
cable means  for  securing  the  same." 

Page  52,  Paragraph  12  amend  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Should  it  become  desirable  to  exchange  the  pastors  of  two  charges 
in  a  conference,  the  superintendent  may,  in  conjunction  with  the 
Bishop  of  the  district  change  said  pastors. 

Page  53,  paragraph  14,  amend  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

It  shall  be  his  duty  in  consultation  or  correspondence  with  the  Bishop 
of  the  district  to  fill  all  vacancies  in  the  pastorates  of  the  confer- 
ences. 

Page  53,  paragraph  4,  eliminate  the  phrase  "as  far  as  practicable"  ap- 
pearing in  line  8. 

Page  57,  paragraph  4,  under  "transferring  members"  eliminate  the 
entire  item  and  substitute  the  following: 

4.  The  pastor  shall  issue  certificates  of  transfer  to  members  mov- 
ing from  his  charge  when  granted  by  vote  of  the  official  board.  The 
same  to  be  in  harmony  with  the  provisions  of  Chapter  IV,  section  IV, 
of  Discipline. 

Page  58,  Section  2.  After  the  w'ord  "leader"  in  line  6,  insert  the 
following,  "the  accused  to  be  notified  of  the  time  and  place  of  such 
examination." 

Page  63,  Section  11,  paragraph  3,  amend  and  revise  so  as  to  make 
the  article  read  as  follows: 

The  official  board  shall  at  least  one  month  before  annual  conference 
correct  the  church  records.  The  duties  involved  to  be  essentially 
clerical.  It  is  not  a  committee  of  investigation  or  trial,  to  determine 
who  shall  be  members,  but  simply  to  see  that  the  church  records  state 
the  facts  as  to  who  are  and  have  been  members.  The  name  of  no 
member  shall  be  erased  from  the  records  unless  the  Discipline  steps 
have  been  taken.  (See  Chapter  IV,  Section  II,  Paragraph  17;  Chapter 
IV,  Section  III,  and  Chapter  V,  Section  I,  Paragraph  3.) 

Page  67,  eliminate  last  clause  of  paragraph  8;  the  item  will  then 
read  as  follows: 

On  the  completion  of  the  course  of  study,  and  two  years  practical 
work  under  the  direction  of  a  pastor,  or  an  equivalent  course  in  an 
approved  training  school,  or  literary  school  providing  such  courses, 
the  deaconess  shall  be  consecrated  to  this  service  by  a  Bishop  or  Con- 
ference Superintendent  and  receive  a  permanent  license. 

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Change  the  first  sentence  page  84,  paragraph  6,  to  read  as  follows: 
"No  Board  of  Trustees  shall  begin  the  building  of  a  church  house  or 
parsonage  without  first  submitting  their  plans  and  estimates  of  lot, 
or  lots,  and  building,  to  the  Quarterly  Conference  for  consideration, 
approval  and  direction,  the  Superintendent  being  present. 

Page  8(),  add  to  paragraph  14,  the  following: 

When  such  adjustment  is  made  the  claims  assigned  to  the  class 
withdrawing  shall  be  equitably  apportioned  among  the  remaining 
class  of  the  charge. 

Page  87,  following  paragraph  17  insert  the  following  special   item: 

Royalties  From  Leases 

Royalties  and  funds  realized  by  leasing  of  church  or  parsonage 
lands  contiguous  to  producing  oil  or  gas  fields,  or  mines,  are  construed 
to  be  an  object  of  General  Conference  legislation.  Net  profits  secured  by 
such  royalties,  or  leases,  shall  be  divided  on  the  pro  rata  basis  of  fifty 
per  centum  between  the  annual  conference  in  which  such  resources 
are  derived,  and  the  local  church.  Provided  that  all  such  funds  se- 
cured by  the  local  church  shall  be  used  primarily  to  enhance  the  ma- 
terial resources  of  the  church  or  charge  by  purchasing  real  estate, 
or  for  new  or  improved  church  or  parsonage  property,  or  to  promote 
conference  or  other  general  benevolence  aims.  The  endorsement  of 
the  quarterly  conference  shall  be  required  in  each  case. 

Page  91,  Chapter  XV,  paragraph  .2,  item  2,  substitute  the  words 
"on  the  25th  of  each  month"  for  the  word  "immediately"'  as  it  appears 
in  the  ninth  line  The  line  of  the  item  will  then  read:  "shall  be  trans- 
mitted on  the  25th  of  each  month  to  the  general  church  treasurer.'' 


Forms  Recommended 


The  following  Forms  are  recommended  to  the  delegates  for  their 
constderation.  Some  of  these  will  take  the  place  of  Forms  now  in  the 
Discipiine;  others  are  new. 

Transfer  of  Member 

THIS  CERTIFIES,  That is  a  member  in  good 

and  regular  standing  in  the  Church'' of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  at 

in    Conference,    h .  . .  . 

membership  in  this  ChurcK  to  cease  when  the  accompanying  certificate, 
properly  filled  and  dated,  is  returned  to  this  Church,  and  not  till  then. 

Given  by  vote  of 

Dated 19 


Pastor. 
Transfer  Acknowledged 

THIS  CERTIFIES,  That was  received,  on 

19....    into  membership   in  the  Church  of  the 

United   Brethren   in    Christ  at terminating    h.  ^. . 

membership  in  the  said  Church  at 

Pastor. 
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Certificate  of  Withdrawal 

THIS   IS   TO   CERTIP^Y.   That has   been. 

until  this   date,  a  member  of  the  Church   of  the   United   Brethren    in 

Christ  at and  at  h.  .  .  .request  is  Rranted  this 

letter  of  honorable  withdrawal  from  the  Church  bv  a  vote  of 

Dated 19 


Pastor. 

Permanent  License  for  Ouarterly-Conference  Preacher 

THIS  IS  TO  CERTIFY,  That has  completed 

the  course  of  reading  required,   and   is   hereby  granted  a    Permanent 

License  as  a  Quarterly  Conference  Preacher  by 

Charge,    Annual  Conference,   in   the  Church 

of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  as  long  as  his  conduct  and  doctrine  are 
conformable  with  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  as  held  by  the  Church. 
Dated ' 19 


Conference  Superintendent. 
Transfer  of  Preacher 


THIS  IS  TO  CERTIFY,  That is  a 

of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  of 

Conference,  and  is  hereby  transferred  to Conference 

of  said  Church. 

Given  by  vote  of  Annual  Conference. 
Dated 19 


Bishoi). 

Secretary. 
Deaconess'  Certificate 

THIS  IS  TO  CERTIFY,  That is  an  approved 

Deaconess  in  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  so  long  as 
her  conduct  and  doctrine  are  conformable  with  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
and  with  the  government  of  our  Church. 

Authorized  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of Charge 

Annual  Conference. 

Dated 19 


Conference  Superintendent. 

For  Dedication  of  Parsonage 

Charge  to  the  Trustees. 

The  Scriptures  clearly  teach  that  as  Aaron  was  divinely  ap|)ointed 
to  the  priesthood,  even  so  today  men  are  called  to  the  ministry  for  the 
purpose  of  preaching  the  Word,  and  otherwise  giving  aid  and  comfort 
to  the  spiritually  needy.  In  the  same  divine  program  it  is  also  ordained 
that  those  who  "preach  the  gospel  shall  live  of  the  gospel."  In  Second 
Kings,  fourth  chapter;  we  read  that  after  frequent  visits  by  the  prophet 
Elisha  to  Shunem,  a  great  woman  and  her  husband,  in  recognition  of 
his  exalted  character  and  special  blessing  to  their  home,  erected  for  his 
sole  use  a  little  chamber  and  furnished  it  with  a  bed,  a  table,  a  seat, 
and  a  candlestick.  Here  the  man  of  God  was  to  tarry  at  times  for  rest 
and  meditation. 

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Likewise,  providing  a  home  for  the  pastor  is  a  recognition  of  his 
high  office  and  great  value  to  the  church,  and  by  so  much  is  a  wise 
provision  contributing  to  his  temporal  support.  This  house,  about  to 
be  consecrated  as  a  pastor's  home,  has  been  made  possible  by  the 
generous  gifts  of  those  who  are  interested  in  the  ministry  and  church 
you  represent. 

You  have  been  appointed  by  the  church  to  the  responsible  office  of 
Trustees  of  this  manse,  and  in  such  capacity  you  are  to  represent  the 
Church  and  act  on  its  behalf  whenever  your  services  are  required. 
Remember,  however,  that  in  a  very  important  sense  the  entire  com- 
munity has  an  interest  in  it,  and  should  be  led  to  recognize  its  real 
value  to  the  religious  and  social  betterment  of  the  same.  It  is  your 
duty  to  properly  care  for  this  building,  keeping  it  in  good  repair,  and 
so  beautifying  the  grounds  as  to  make  the  property  attractive  to  the 
general  public  ever  keeping  in  mind  that  it  is  God's  house,  to  be  used 
for  his  glory. 

Beloved,  by  the  direction  of  the  Quarterly  Conference,  and  in  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  I  now  give  this  key  to  the  president  of  the 
board  as  a  symbol  of  your  authority  to  hold  this  parsonage  in  trust 
for  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ.  May  you  cheerfully 
perform  the  duties  which  devolve  upon  you,  ever  looking  to  the  Spirit 
of  promise  for  direction  and  help.     Amen. 

Dedicatory  Prayer 

And  now,  Lord  God  of  our  fathers,  we  give  this  house  to  thee,  praying 
that  what  the  people  have  builded  for  thy  glory,  may  be  accepted  of  thee 
in  the  name  of  thy  Son,  our  Savior.  Graciously  manifest  thyself  to  all 
who  have  contributed  to  this  work  with  a  sincere  desire  to  glorify 
thee  in  the  furtherance  of  thy  cause. 

When  thy  servants  who  shall  dwell  in  this  place,  preach  the  Word, 
blessedly  reveal  thy  presence  in  making  the  message  they  bring  the 
power  of  God  unto  salvation  to  as  many  as  believe.  Preserve  this 
house  we  beseech  thee,  from  fire  and  storm,  and  make  it  a  continued 
blessing  to  the  entire  pastoral  charge.  And  not  only  accept  this  home 
provided  for  thy  servants,  but  accept  anew  the  devotion  of  our  hearts, 
and  dwell  thou  in  them  according  to  thy  promise.  And  at  last  home 
us  with  the  saved  in  "Father's  house,"  and  unto  the  triune  God, 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  bjessed  and  glorious,  we  will  give  the 
praise  ever  more.     Amen. 

(Note — Where  the  conditions  warrant  it,  the  impressiveness  of  the 
occasion  may  be  intensified  by  the  Bishop  delivering  the  key  to  the 
conference  superintendent,  he  in  turn  to  the  pastor,  and  the  pastor 
to  the  chairman  of  the  board,  each  in  the  name  of  the  Trinity.) 

Memorials  * 

The  Board  received  memorials  from  various  sources  which  it  had 
not  time  to  consider  and  pass  upon.     As  nearly  all  the  members  of  the 

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Board  of  Adiniiiistration  are  delegates  to  the  General  Conference  the 
Board  will  hold  a  special  session  at  Indianapolis  before  the  oi)eninK  of 
the  Conference  to  consider  the  report  of  the  sub-committee  on  Charters 
and  other  unfinished  business,  when  the  memorials  presented  may  be 
considered  and  decisions  arrived  at  concerning  them,  and  they  will  then 
be  presented  to  the  delegates. 


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Suggestions  For  A  Program  For  the  Next 
Quadrennium 

THE  SPIRITUAL  MISSION  OF  THE  CHURCH 

The  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  born  of  the  Spirit 
into  the  family  of  American  Protestant  churches,  must  be  true  to  its 
birthright.  Jesus  Christ,  Son  of  God  and  Savior  of  men,  now  living 
and  in  the  world  in  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  must  ever  be  recog- 
nized and  followed  as  the  divine  Lord  of  the  Church.  Faith  in  him  and 
the  spiritual  regeneration  consequent  upon  faith  must  ever  be  the 
standard  of  church  membership.  To  win  people — children,  youths,  and 
men  and  women — to  personal  faith  in  Jesus  Christ  must  ever  be  the 
supreme  business  of  the  United  Brethren  Church. 

This  business  calls  for  a  strong,  spiritual,  growing  local  church;  for 
adequate  and  effective  leaders  in  the  annual  conferences,  and  in  the 
Church  at  large;  and  for  inexpensive,  efficient,  general  agencies  through 
which  our  churches  may  fulfill  their  mission  of  bringing  the  gospel 
of  the  Son  of  God  to  America  and  the  world. 

In  building  a  program  for  the  next  four  years  we  must  keep  our 
eyes  on  the  local  churches  with  a  view  to  aiding  them  to  realize  their 
largest  possibilities  in  growth  and  service.  A  vital  efficient  local 
church  implies  a  God-called  ministry,  adequately  trained  and  properly 
supported.  It  implies  a  church  building  equipped  for  worship,  instruc- 
tion, and  diversified  service.  The  central  purpose  of  an  effective  pro- 
gram must  be  to  utilize  every  agency  in  soul  winning  and  soul  building 
and  in  extending  the  cause  of  Christ. 

In  submitting  recommendations  for  the  construction  of  a  program 
the  Board  gives  alternating  propositions,  and  observations,  which  make 
the  report  more  extended  than  it  otherwise  would  be. 

I.     SPIRITUAL  LIFE  AND  EVANGELISM 

Statements  coming  from  ministers  and  laymen  lead  to  the  conviction 
that  our  denominational  policy  for  the  coming  quadrennium  should  pro- 
vide a  better  agency  on  Spiritual  Life  and  Evangelism,  to  aid  our 
churches  to  meet  the  unparalleled  opportunities  and  resi)onsibilities 
now  facing  our  Zion.  We  must  seek  for  the  better  development  of  the 
spiritual  life  of  our  people,  and  for  the  cultivation  of  those  who  have 
enrolled  as  life  work  recruits.  As  yet  only  the  first  steps  have  been 
taken  to  enlist  tithing  stewards.  Our  records  show  that  approximktely 
one  thousand  of  our  local  churches  did  not  have  so  much  as  one  acces- 
sion on  confession  of  faith  last  year. 

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A  study  of  our  present  methods  reveals  the  fact  that  we  lack  unity  in 
our  approach  to  the  problems  of  the  spiritual  life  of  our  churches.  We 
find  the  Evangelistic  Commission  (ieilinp  almost  exclusively  with 
professional  evangelism;  the  Young  Peoples  Department  promoting 
stewardship  of  life  and  of  property;  the  Board  of  Administration, 
stewardship,  the  prayer  life  and  phases  of  evangelism:  while  our 
Sunday  School  Department  has  been  emphasizing  evangelism  also. 

A  more  unified  approach  to  this  whole  i>roblem  should  be  made,  and 
the  Board  of  Administration  recommends  that  the  unrelated  efforts 
of  the  Church  to  cultivate  the  prayer  life,  life  work  recruits,  steward- 
ship, and  evangelism  be  united  under  one  efTective  agency  to  promote 
the  following  schedule  of  work: 

1.  The  cultivation  and  development  of  the  spiritual  life  of  our  entire 
membership.  In  this  realm  we  should  prepare  and  distribute  among 
our  people  suitable  tract  literature  on  many  lines  of  spiritual  activity, 
such  as  (1)  the  prayer  life,  (2)  Bible  study,  (3)  personal  work,  (4) 
family  altar,  (5)  instruction  and  training  in  daily  Christian  living,  etc. 

2.  Enlisting  and  training  our  people  in  the  practice  of  Christian 
Stewardship. 

3.  Enrolling  and  directing  our  young  people  who  wish  to  offer  them- 
selves for  either  whole  time  or  part  time  Christian  service. 

4.  Arousing  and  training  the  entire  church  to  meet  its  evangelistic 
responsibilities.  In  this  field  would  come  (1)  personal  evangelism: 
(2)  pastoral  evangelism:  and  (3)  professional  evangelism.  All  the 
evidence  coming  to  the  Board  indicates  that  the  Church  is  insistent 
upon  strong  emphasis  being  placed  particularly  upon  personal  and 
pastoral  evangelism. 

At  least  three  methods  are  open  to  the  General  Conference  by  which 
this  unification  and  increased  effectiveness  might  be  accomplished: 

1.  The  General  Conference. could  create  a  board  or  commission  as  an 
independent  department,  and  elect  the  head  of  the  department  and 
provide  for  his  salary  just  as  other  departments  are  provided  for.     Or 

2.  The  General  Conference  could  allocate  this  task  to  some  depart- 
ment already  existing  whose  work  is  kindred  to  the  scope  of  the 
activities  indicated  for  this  field.     Or 

3.  The  General  Conference  could  outline  the  general  plans  to  be 
followed  iay  the  department  and  refer  the  selection  of  the  personnel 
and  details  of  operation  to  the  Board  of  Administration. 

II.     THE  FINANCIAL  PLANS 

1.     General  Policy 

The  Board  has  given  much  consideration  to  a  financial  policy  that 
will  develop  the  sense  of  Christian  stewardship  in  the  lives  of  o>ir 
members,  meet  the  needs  of  the  various  causes  which  are  now  much 
greater  than  four  years  ago,  and  avoid,  as  far  as  possible,  confusion  and 
multiplicity  of  appeals. 

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Some  have  thought  that  the  Board  should  recommend  to  the  General 
Conference  a  budget  of  askings  to  meet  the  needs  of  all  departments 
of  the  church  for  the  next  four  years.  After  considering  this  matter  the 
Board  believes  that  the  General  Conference  delegates  themselves, 
should  hear  a  statement  of  needs  from  the  departments  and  institu- 
tions, and  that  they  should  fix  the  total  amount  of  the  budget  while 
at  the  General  Conference. 

The  Board  has  received  many  suggestions  from  conference  super- 
intendents, laymen  and  pastors  touching  financial  plans  for  the  ensuing 
four  years.  With  great  unanimity  these  favor  the  continuance  of  the 
main  features  of  the  United  Enlistment  Plan,  especially  its  unity  of 
appeal  and  its  every-member-canvass  by  the  local  churches.  Many 
believe  that  some  better  way  should  be  devised  for  the  cultivation  of 
large  givers.  After  studying  all  the  suggestions  submitted,  both 
written  and  verbal,  the  Board  reports  as  follows: 

There  are  several  courses  open  for  the  delegates  of  the  next  General 
Conference  to  pursue: 

Plan  One — The  General  Conference  could  place  before  the  Church  a 
sufficiently  large  budget  to  care  for  all  the  current  expenses  of  the 
boards  and  institutions  and  also  the  endowment  and  equipment 
necessary,  and  quota  this  down  to  the  local  churches  to  be  raised  by  an 
every-member-canvass.     Or 

Plan  Ttoo — The  General  Conference  could  build  a  smaller  budget 
known  as  a  current  operating  budget,  and  quota  that  down  to  the 
churches  to  be  raised  by  an  every-member-canvass.  The  General  Con- 
ference could  then  provide  for  an  endowment  and  equipment  budget 
to  be  raised  by  special  solicitation  of  larger  givers.     Or 

Plan  Three— The  General  Conference  could  combine  the  two  plans 
by  building  a  budget  in  two  sections,  the  first  to  be  exclusively  for 
current  operating  needs  of  the  general  boards,  annual  conferences  and 
institutions,  and  the  second  to  contain  a  limited  amount  for  enlarge- 
ment needs  of  the  general  departments  and  institutions.  This  united 
budget  should  be  within  the  financial  reach  of  our  people  and  be  raised 
by  a  combination  of  the  every-member-canvass  and  special  solicitation. 

Observations 

Plan  one  alone  is  not  believed  to  be  feasible  for  it  is  scarcely  possible 
to  raise  sufficient  money  in  an  every-member-canvass  to  meet  all  the 
current,  enlargement  and  endowment  needs  of  our  societies  and  insti- 
tutions. This  plan  does  not  provide  for  the  adequate  cultivation  of 
persons  able  to  give  in  large  amounts. 

Plan  tivo  |)rovides  only  for  the  current  expenses  by  the  every-member- 
canvass,  and  would  require  a  very  close  solicitation  in  local  churches 
on  the  part  of  secretaries  and  special  canvassers  for  the  enlargement 
and  endowment  of  the  work.  It  seems  that  the  ideal  plan  would'  be 
one  that  naturally  ties  the  special  solicitation  and  the  every-member- 
canvass  very  closely  together.     Plan  two  does  not  do  that. 

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It  is  believed  that  plau  three  comes  more  nearly  representinR  what 
we  should  follow.  This  plan  would  secure  the  closest  cooperation 
between  pastors  and  special  solicitors  because  the  budget  formed  under 
this  plan  would  require  the  utmost  effort  to  reach  the  quota  and  most 
pastors  and  churches  would  welcome  special  aid  to  help  them  reach 
their  goal.  In  this  respect  plan  three  overcomes  the  chief  difflculty  of 
plan  two  and  for  this  reason  it  is  to  be  preferred.  However,  plan  three 
of  itself  will  hardly  be  sufficient  to  meet  either  the  needs  of  our  com- 
bined causes  or  to  provide  for  the  proper  cultivation  of  large  givers. 
To  remedy  both  these  defects  of  pla^i  three  we  recommend  plan  four. 

Plan  Four — This  plan  provides  for  a  current  operating  and  enlarge- 
ment budget  and  also  for  an  endowment  and  equipment  fund. 

(1)  The  Current  Operating  and  Enlargement  Budget  to  'be  built  in  a 
manner  similar  to  the  present  United  Enlistment  budget,  in  two 
sections: 

Section  One  to  consist  of  preferred  causes  and  large  enough  to  meet 
the  current  operating  needs  of  the  following: 

Annual  Conference  needs,  Colleges,  Home  Missions,  Foreign  Missions, 
Church  Erection,  Board  of  Education,  Bonebrake  Seminary,  Sunday 
Schools,  Young  People's  Work,  Benevolent  Homes,  Evangelistic  work 
and  administrative  expenses,— which  include  Bishops'  salaries,  expenses 
of  the  General  Church  Treasurer,  Board  of  Administration,  Preachers' 
Pension  Plan  and  General  Conference  expenses. 

Section  Tico  to  be  a  non-preferred  part  of  the  budget  for  enlargement 
needs  of  the  General  Boards,  Benevolent  Homes,  Preachers'  Pension 
Fund.  Colleges,  and  any  other  authorized  interest. 

This  Current  Operating  and  Enlargment  Budget  should  be  of  such 
size  as  will  not  be  beyond  the  possibility  of  reaching  the  amount 
through  the  every-member-canvass,  and  yet  be  large  enough  to  call  out 
every  resource  of  the  church  through  such  a  canvass  with  some  aid  for 
special  solicitation. 

(2)  The  Endoivvient  and  Eqtiipment  Fund,  to  be  of  sufficient  size 
to  care  for  the  present  needs  of  our  institutions  and  societies  for  endoic- 
ment  and  for  new  buildings.  This  endowment  fund  to  be  raised  by  a 
quiet  canvass  on  the  part  of  agencies  and  institutions  needing  .surh 
funds.  This  fund  might  properly  be  known  as  The  Quadrennial  Endow- 
ment and  Equipment  Fund  and  should  be  allocated  to  annual 
conferences. 

2.     Making  the  Budget 

(1)  The  Current  Operating  and  Enlargement  Budget  (Sections  one 
and  two).  The  General  Conference  should  fix  the  total  amount  to  go 
into  this  budget  and  should  allocate  the  same  to  the  several  conferences 
which  in  turn  will  quota  it  to  the  charges.  This  total  amount  should 
be  divided  between  the  preferred  and  non-preferred  sections  of  the 
budget  and  between  the  various  agencies  participating  in  the  budget  by 

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the  General  Conference  or  some  competent  agency  authorized  by  it. 
The  General  Conference  also  should  decide  what  shall  be  the  partici- 
pating agencies  and  their  classification,  as  preferred  or  non-preferred 
participants. 

(2)  The  Quadrennial  Endowment  and  Equipment  Fund.  The  General 
Conference  should  authorize  the  amount  of  this  fund  after  the  most 
careful  investigation,  based  upon  satisfactory  surveys.  In  constituting 
this  fund,  there  will  be  two  clas.ses  of  causes  to  be, considered:  namely, 
those  that  have  general  relation  to  the  church  and  those  that  have  only 
regional  relation,  such  as  colleges  and  benevolent  homes.  In  the  case 
of  the  agencies  having  general  relation,  the  General  Conference,  or 
some  agency  authorized  by  it.  should  have  authority  to  determine  the 
amount  and  placement  of  the  departmental  allotments  in  the  Quad- 
rennial Endowment  and  Equipment  Fund.  In  the  case  of  aganc^es 
having  regional  relations  it  is  recommended  that  the  General  Conference 
authorize  some  agency  to  have  authority  to  pass  upon  the  surveys, 
with  recommendations  as  to  the  amount  of  the  allotments  to  go  in, 
but  that  the  authority  for  the  placement  of  the  allotment  should  be 
vested  in  the  annual  conferences  involved  in  the  support  of  ths  various 
agencies,  in  conjunction  with  the  boards  controlling  such  regional 
agencies. 

(NOTE:  It  might  be  argued  that  there  need  not  be  so  great  care  in 
the  constitution  of  this  fund  which  is  not  to  be  divided  upon  a  pro 
rata  basis,  but  is  it  not  a  fact  that  many  of  our  people  look  to  the 
general  church  to  give  them  some  Idea  of  the  relative  merits  of  the 
claims  of  the  several  institutions,  that  they  may  be  properly  guided  in 
their  giving?) 

3.     Allocating  the  Budget 

The  Current  Operating  and  Enlargement  Budget,  ( Sections  one  and 
two)  should  be  allocated  to  conferences  and  local  churches  on  the  same 
general  principles  that  governed  the  allocations  of  the  Unite:!  Enlist- 
ment budget,  corrected  by  such  considerations  as  experience  has  shown 
to  be  wise. 

The  Quadrennial  Endowment,  <ind  Equipment  Fund  should  be 
allocated  to  annual  conferences  only. 


4.     Raising  the  Current  Operating  and  Endowment  Budget 

(Sections  one  and  two.)  To  raise  this  budget  a  simultaneous  every- 
memlier  anniial  canvass  should  be  conducted  to  subscribe  the  full 
amount  of  the  quotas  allotted  for  the  ensuing  year.  This  canvass  should 
be  preceded  by  a  preliminary-giving  canvass  for  the  larger  amounts 
needed,  the  departments  and  their  agencies  cooperating  with  pastora  It 
is  suggested  that  the  canvass  be  conducted  between  May  15  and  June  15, 
making  May  14  to  21  the  central  period  for  the  canvass  of  1922. 

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5.     Realizing  the  Quadrennial  Endowment  and  i:qiiipnunt  Fund 

To  reach  the  goals  of  this  fund  we  must  give  more  atlention  to  the 
sympathetic,  tactful  cultivation  of  men  ami  women  of  large  means. 
The  Church  owes  a  debt  to  these  persons  and  should  not  delay  the 
payment  of  same:  namely,  that  they  should  he  fully  informed  about 
the  plans  and  work  of  the  whole  denomination  and  should  be  shown 
the  privilege  of  being  Christian  stewards  of  what  God  has  given  them. 
To  do  this  work  in  a  constructive,  spiritual,  effective  way  so  as  to  lead 
these  persons  to  become  vital  partners  with  Christ  in  promoting  his 
cause,  will  require  careful  preparation  of  material  to  be  put  before 
them  and  doubtless  some  expert  field  men  to  supi)lement  the  work  of 
heads  of  departments. 

In  the  operation  of  such  a  force  who  will  aim  to  secure  gifts, 
bequests  and  annuities,  two  considerations  are  important: 

First,  to  preserve  the  autonomy  and  protect  the  rights  of  the  indi- 
vidual departments,  securing  their  active  cooperation; 

--5 

Seco}i(l.  to  secure  unity  of  appeal  and  the  avoidance  of  over-lapping 
of  efforts  and  the  consequent  confusion  of  our  people. 

To  accomplish  these  results  the  following  plan  is  suggested: 

( 1  )  Thai  the  departments  conduct  an  aggressive  campaign  ^or 
endowment  and  equipment;  that  each  department  desiring  thus  to 
increase  its  funds,  elect  a  field  man  satisfactory  to  itself  and  provide 
for  his  salary;  that  this  field  man  become  a  part  of  a  united  field  force 
for  the  Quadrennial  Endowment  and  Equipment  canvass  through  a 
united  campaign  movement. 

(2)  That  these  representatives  work  under  the  direction  of  the 
agency  authorized  to  conduct  the  united  canvass  and  be  assigned 
definite  territory  in  which  they  shall  work,  thus  avoiding  overlapping 
of  effort.  The  members  of  this  united  field  force  will  work  under 
principles  to  be  agreed  upon. 

(NOTE:  An  emergency  canvass  for  any  benevolent  cause  in  the 
general  budget,  if  the  necessity  for  such  arises,  should  have  the  approval 
of  the  Board  of  Administration  ;ind  the  conference  units  where  the 
same  is  to  be  conducted.) 

III.     INFORMATION  AND  PUBLICITY 

The  matter  of  great  importance  in  promoting  a  program  will  be  that 
of  giving  to  the  whole  church  the  facts  about  what  has  been  accom- 
plished and  what  needs  to  be  done  to  make  the  cause  of  Christ 
triumphant.  This  vitally  important  publicity  and  educational  work 
must  be  i)rovided  for  in  an  adequate  fashion.  Some  plan  that  will 
avoid  overlapping  and  waste  of  energy  and  yet  give  a  thorough  presen- 
tation of  all  the  causes  is  the  ideal  to  be  aimed  at.  The  following  is 
recommended : 

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1.  That  the  departments  and  institutions  of  the  Church  assemble  as 
soon  as  possible,  a  wide  range  of  facts  concerning  the  various  phases 
of  their  work,  keeping  in  mind  the  constant  need  for  illustrative  matter. 

2.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  our  church  periodicals  hold  a  central  place 
as  a  most  effective  means  in  giving  information  to  our  people,  we 
recommend  that  there  be  the  fullest  counsel  and  cooperation  on  the 
part  of  the  publisher,  editors,  and  secretaries  of  departments  so  as  to 
greatly  increase  the  circulation  of  our  periodicals,  and  that  they  be 
utilized  to  the  utmost  in  giving  the  vital  information  necessary  for  the 
realization  of  the  goals  of  the  program. 

3.  That  arrangements  be  made  whereby  the  annual  conferences  may 
cooperate  in  the  publication  of  a  Bulletin,  and  that  adequate  space  be 
granted  the  conferences  for  the  publication  of  their  financial  state- 
ments and  other  conference  matters.  By  such  a  plan  each  local  church, 
through  its  membership  groups,  may  be  able  to  place  a  copy  of  the 
Bulletin  in  every  horiie. 

4.  That  as  soon  as  possible  a  list  of  from  ten  to  twenty  thousand  of 
our  leading  laymen  be  secured  with  a  view  to  sending  them,  from  time 
to  time,  proper  literature  from  the  various  departments,  and  on 
stewardship,  evangelism,  etc. 

5.  That  the  department  of  statistics,  charts,  and  stereopticon  slides  be 
enlarged  to  meet  the  growing  demand  for  such  publicity  matter. 

6.  That  steps  be  taken  to  enlist  our  pastors,  young  people,  and  key 
laymen  to  avail  themselves  of  denominational  and  interdenominational 
summer  conferences. 

7.  That  a  study  text  book  be  prepared  for  use  in  our  churches  covering 
all  the  benevolent,  missionary  and  educational  activities  of  the  united 
program.  We  believe  that  the  various  departments  and  institutions 
shduld  at  least  partially  subsidize  such  a  text  book  so  that  it  could  be 
furnished  our  people  at  small  cost  when  assurances  are  given  that  the 
people  will  make  a  systematic  study  of  the  book. 

8.  That  the  Departmental  Promotional  Periods  be  properly  corre- 
lated as  heretofore. 

THREE  ESSENTIAL  FACTORS 

In  conclusion,  the  Board  ventures  to  express  its  conviction  with 
reference  to  fundamental  conditions  without  which  no  large  achieve- 
ment can  be  accomplished.     These  conditions  are: 

1.     Wholehearted  Cooperation 

In  the  plan  suggested  there  is  an  effort  to  attain  a  high  standard  of 
unity  without  sacrificing  the  autonomy  of  departments  and  institutions. 
Good  progress  has  been  made  in  cooperation  during  the  past  four  years, 
but  greater,  more  vital  cooperation  should  be  secured  as  we  go  forward. 

1 

In  perfecting  the  plans  for  the  next  quadrennium  the  General  Con- 
ference should  aim  to  secure  the  heartiest  cooperation  of  departments 

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and  institutions  and  place  more  and  more  responsibility  upcm  tiicsf 
agencies.  Above  all,  the  method  of  procedure  should  be  such  as  will 
secure  the  whole-hearted  cooperation  of  pastors  and  churches  KrantiiiK 
them  large  liberty  and  initiative.  It  is  believed  that  the  rank  and  file 
of  our  church  membership  and  the  heads  of  departments  and  institu- 
tions will  be  ready  for  such  vital,  effective  cooperation. 

2.     A  Unified  Executive  Organization 

In  order  to  give  full  information  concerning  our  causes  and  to 
enlist  our  people  to  become  tithing  stewards,  and  to  conduct  a  thorough 
every-person-canvass,  it  will  be  necessary  to  perfect  the  organization 
in  bishops'  areas,  annual  conferences  and  in  local  churches,  where  the 
family  group  with  captains  should  be  organized  and  trained  to  carry 
forward  every  phase  of  the  work  we  expect  to  do.  "With  this  simple 
organization  running  from  the  General  Conference  right  down  to  the 
last  member  of  the  church  our  people  can  do  great  things  for  God. 

3.     A  Vitalized  and  Militant  Individual  Church 

The  Board  closes  as  it  began  by  saying  that  in  reaching  the  various 
objectives,  we  should  keep  in  mind  constantly  the  aim  to  develop  the 
local  church  for  the  real  battle  is  won  or  lost  in  these  churches.  The 
spiritual  life  of  our  people  must  be  intensified.  They  must  be  taught 
the  privilege  and  duty  of  Christian  stewardship. 

At  present  our  members  are  giving  less  than  one-half  of  the  tithe  of 
their  income  for  all  our  causes,  including  pastors'  salary  and  local 
expenses.  The  lives  of  all  should  be  laid  on  the  altar  for  service,  and 
thousands  must  be  directed  to  our  Colleges  and  Bonebrake  Seminary 
for  training  for  life  work.  Our  Sunday-school  teachers  must  be  pre 
pared  to  meet  their  high  obligations,  and  our  Christian  Endeavor 
Societies  and  every  other  training  agency  at  our  command,  must  be 
utilized  in  providing  better  leaders  and  a  better  spiritual  elflcient 
church. 

One  of  our  chief  tasks  must  be  to  train  the  members  of  churches  to 
be  personal  soul  winners.  Our  pastors  must  themselves  be  evangelists, 
and  recognize  soul  winning  as  their  chief  business,  and  every  local 
church  should  face  its  community  problem  with  earnestness. 

In  short,  our  people  should  be  led  to  look  upon  the  United  Brethren 
Church  as  an  aggressive  army  of  the  Lord  and  act  as  under  marching 
orders  from  Him  in  the  work  He  is  calling  us  to  do. 


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Quadrennial  Address 

OF  THE 

Board  of  Bishops 

OF  THE 

United  Brethren  Church 


Twenty-eighth  General   Conference 

In  Session    at  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  Convening 

At    Two   O'clock.    May    12.    1921, 

In  Tomlinson    Hall. 


Bishops'  Quadrennial  Address 

Presented   to   the   General    Conference   of   the   United 
Brethren  Church,  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 
May  12,  1921 

To  the  General  Conference  of  the  Chnrcli  of  the  I'nitcd  Brethren  in  Christ, 
assenihled  from  many  lands,  we  present  salutations  in  the  name  of  onr  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  ouj  souls,  and  return  glad  and  grateful 
thanks  to  our  heavenly  Father  for  the  good  providence  that  has  preserved  vour 
lives  and  ours  to  meet  on  this  occasion. 

One  hundred  and  twenty-one  years  ago  a  little  group  of  ministers,  fourteen 
in  number,  met  in  the  home  of  Peter  Kemp,  near  Frederick,  Marvland.  It 
was  the  initial  conference,  and  the  genesis  of  the  organized  work  of  oiir  Church. 
Those  who  witnessed  the  gathering  may  have  given  it  but  a  passing  thought. 
But  it  is  now  spoken  of  as  "a  cloud  the  size  of  a  man's  hand,  appearing  in  the 
morning  sky  of  the  nineteenth  century  which  was  to  empty  itself  in  refreshing 
rains  upon  the  widening  fields  where  grow  God's  boundless"  harvests  to  the  en<l 
of  time."  From  that  conference  the  missionaries  pressed  their  way,  first  to  the 
newly  opened  settlements  of  the  West,  then  on  to  the  western  ocean,  then  to 
the  farthest  shores  of  the  Pacific — into  the  mighty  empires  of  Japan,  China,  and 
the  islands  of  the  sea.  Let  us  pause  to  remember  that  to  these  lands,  from 
which  we  have  just  come  with  lightning  speed,  our  fathers  once  went  with  the 
slow  tread  of  a  droning  civilization.  The  quickened  tramp  of  our  coming  is 
only  the  echo  of  the  foot-tread  of  the  fathers,  "whose  line  is  gone  out  through 
all  the  earth,  and  their  words  to  the  end  of  the  world." 

We  are  guests  today  in  a  queenly  city.  One  that  has  long  had  deserved 
honor  as  the  home  of  happy  families,  excellent  schools,  aggressive  churches, 
and  great  leaders  both  in  church  and  state.  We  are  guests  in  a  magnificent 
State,  distinguished  for  its  splendid  contributions  to  the  world  of  letters, 
science,  statesmanship,  and  religion.  The  fathers  who  carved  it  from  the  wilder- 
ness and  planted  civilization  in  its  solitudes  were  godly  men — a  courageous 
people  with  splendid  poise  and  strength  of  character.  Our  denominational  ap- 
preciation can  but  be  quickened  as  we  recall  the  service  rendered  bj-  our  own 
pioneer  ministers. 

Our  first  missionary.  Doctor  John  George  Pfrimmer,  over  and  above  his 
apostolic  mission  and  office,  rendered  invaluable  service  to  the  State  and  to 
secular  civilization.  On  reaching  the  territorj-  in  1808,  he  met  Governor  William 
Henry  Harfison.  A  strong  friendship  soon  developed.  The  same  year  they 
laid  out  the  town  of  Corydon,  which  became  the  first  capital  of  the  State.  The 
following  year  Harrison  County  was  organized  and  Doctor  Pfrimmer  became 
judge  of  the  courts  by  appointment  of  the  governor,  with  Patrick  Shields  and 
Moses  Boone,  nephew  of  the  illustrious  Daniel  Boone,  as  his  associates.  He  wa.<; 
counseled  by  the  governor  and  law-making  bodies  in  important  matters  of 
legislation  pertaining  to  the  shaping  of  the  policies  of  the  new  State.  When 
the  "Constitutional  Convention"  met  in  1816,  under  the  "Constitutional  Elm" 
which  after  the  storms  of  a  hundred  years  stands  today  as  a  witness  to  that 
historic  event  and  its  ceremonies.  Doctor  Pfrimmer  was  chosen  to  christen  the 
new  State  with  a  prayer  of  dedication.  It  is  a  remarkable  fact,  that  from  that 
time  until  the  present,  the  reins  of  this  great  commonwealth  have  biin  within 
the  hands  of  a  Christian  governor. 

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In  presenting  this  quadrennial  address  your  General  Superintendents  are 
profoundly  convinced  that  never  before  in  our  history  did  a  General  Conference 
meet  in  a  time  like  this.  Membership  in  this  body  is  not  simply  a  high  privilege 
but  a  serious  and  searching  responsibility.  We  face  problems  today  of  which  our 
fathers  never  dreamed — supreme  issues,  essential  questions  of  life  or  death  for 
our  Church  in  this  day.  But  we  face  our  world  as  the  fathers  faced  theirs,  sit 
with  our  Master  as  they  sat  with  theirs — the  same  Master  yesterday  with  them, 
today  with  us,  and  forever  with  the  Church.  God  grant  that  we  may  advance 
upon  our  work  with  the  same  fullness  of  high  life  and  resolution  with  which 
the}-  walked  into  the  western  wilderness  and  claimed  it  for  the  kingdom  of  God. 

On  entering  upon  their  duties  at  this  conference  your  General  Suprintend- 
ents  are  sadly  conscious  of  the  recent  break  in  their  thin  line.  In  the  beautiful 
Woodland  Cemetery,  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  there  is  a  new-made  grave.  Flowers  are 
growing  thereon  which  have  never  bloomed  before,  and  they  spring  out  of  earth 
still  moist  with  tears.  There  in  that  last  inn  on  the  winding  road  to  the  skies 
sleeps  our  beloved  Bishop,  George  M.  Mathews — man  of  God,  preacher  of  the 
Word,  Bishop  of  souls. 

With  tendet  hearts  we  proceed  to  speak  the  names  of  William  J.  Shuey, 
"our  grand  old  man"  who  for  a  generation  directed  the  publishing  interests  of 
the  Church;  Daniel  Berger,  architect  and  builder  of  our  first  Sunday-school 
periodicals;  Henry  A.  Thompson,  author,  educator  and  editor;  C.  I.  B.  Brane, 
associate  editor  of  The  Religious  Telescope,  and  Vera  B.  Blinn,  editor  and 
General  Secretary  of  the  Women's  Missionary  Association.  Of  the  ministers 
who  sat  with  us  as  delegates  four  years  ago  and  have  passed  within  the  veil  are: 
D.  D.  Lowery,  C.  W.  Kurtz,  J.  B.  Norveil,  I.  H.  Albright,  A.  A.  Chapman, 
George  Geiger,  J.  W.  Wilson  and  E.  A.  Lilly.  Of  the  laymen  of  that  conference 
who  have  been  called  to  their  heavenly  crowning  are:  A.  A.  Moore,  A.  S.  Light, 
John  L.  Arbogast,  Briley  Douglas  and  M.  H.  Meyers. 

For  these  whom  the  Church  will  long  hold  in  grateful  memory  suitable 
memorial  services  will  be  held  during  this  session  of  the  General  Conference. 
If  we  keep  alive  through  long  years  of  separation  our  love  of  those  gone  before 
as  every  true  heart  does,  then,  on  our  side  at  least  reunion  is  prepared  for. 
And  we  may  be  sure  that  they  will  answer  our  longing,  for  "life  is  ever  lord 
of  death,  and  love  can  never  lose  its  own."  So  let  us  believe,  so  let  us  live  out 
our  little  day, 

"Till  the  night  is  gone. 
And  with  the  morn  those  angel  faces  smile 
Whiih  we  have  loved  long  since  and  lost  awhile.  ' 

It  need  not  be  stated  that  the  past  quadrennium  has  been  the  most  tragic 
and  eventful  in  the  annals  of  history.  When  the  General  Conference  convened 
four  years  ago,  a  thousand  millions  of  the  earth's  population  were  engaged  in 
war — a  war  that  cost  two  hundred  billion  dollars,  and  dug  ten  million  graves.  It 
was  the  hour  of  the  world's  supreme  trial,  when  service  banners  filled  with  stars 
hung  in  all  the  churches  of  the  land  as  proud  proofs  of  the  unity  of  religious 
zeal  of  America  for  love  of  libQrty  and  hatred  of  the  heresy  of  autocracy.  We 
here  record  our  special  gratitude,  that  immediately  following  those  years  of 
agony,  when  faith  was  wavering,  and  "hearts  were  breaking.  Providence  threw 
upon  the  foreground  at  stated  times  the  announcement  of  glorious  and  far- 
reaching  victories  won  by  the  forces  of  righteousness  pointing  definitely  to  the 
final  reign  of  the  Prince  of  Peace.  November  11,  1918,  January  16,  1919,  Janu- 
ary 25,  1919,  August  2?),  1920,  are  dates  that  will  stand  out  in  history,  as  great 
promontories  along  the  coast  line  of  the  world's  progress. 

On  the  first  date,  the  Armistice  was  signed.  After  months  and  years  of 
grave  doubt  as  to  the  outcome,  humanity's  fierce  battle  against  the  enemies  of 
civilization  was  won.  The  upwclling  emotion  stirred  by  the  announcement  prob- 
ably never  has  been  equaled  in  history.  Centuries  after  we  who  were  livin? 
upon  the  earth  at  that  time  are  forgotten,  children  will  read  in  the  school 
histories  that  on  the  eleventh  day  of  Novenilier,   1918.  lil)crty  was  born  anew. 


On  the  second  date,  the  last  of  the  thirty-six  States  necessary  to  complete 
the  process  of  ratification  of  the  Eighteenth  Amendment  to  the  Lonstitutiou 
prohiuiting  the  manufacture,  sale,  and  use,  of  intoxicatmg  beverages  was  an- 
nounced. The  most  powerful  nation  on  earth,  calmly,  deliberately,  and  by 
practically  unanimous  expression  decided  to  dispense  with  intoxicants,  thus 
bringing  to  a  close  one  of  the  fiercest  and  most  prolonged  contests  in  history. 
The  Constitution  of  the  greatest  republic  of  the  world  enthrones  sobriety  and 
liberty  side  by  side.  It  was  not  the  decree  of  a  dynasty;  it  was  the  decision 
of  a  democracy.  Such  victories  are  bloodless  but  they  are  most  glorious,  and 
they   hasten   the   redemption  of   the   nations   and  the. reign   of  the   Son  of  man. 

On  the  third  date,  the- Peace  Commissioners,  at  Versailles,  approved  the  fun- 
damental principle  of  world  peace  and  the  perpetuation  of  peace.  The  develop- 
ment of  the  idea  to  an  early  fruition  will  be  welcomed  by  all  lovers  of  God  and 
humanity.  The  task  is  colossal,  but  a  beginning  has  been  made,  and  the  dis- 
cussion at  \'ersailles  is  one  of  the  most  tremendous  facts  of  the  age.  It  declares 
the   will  of  an  awakened  world. 

On  the  fourth  date,  the  Nineteenth  .\mendmcnt  to  the  Constitution  was 
ratified,  and  womanhood  with  her  sceptered  ballot  took  the  throne  in  joint 
reign  with  her  brother.  Suffrage  was  hers  by  right  and  of  divine  intent.  Now 
it  is  hers  by  constitutional  law.  It  is  a  part  of  the  gospel's  legacy.  It  is  the 
business  of  the  gospel  leaven  to  lift  all  society  equally  into  the  sweetness  and 
lightness  of  freedom.  Every  barrier  is  to  be  broken  down  by  the  conquering 
tread  of  the  Galilean.  Caste  barriers  have  been  breaking,  from  the  time  of  the 
epistle  to  Philemon  by  Paul,  to  the  Emancipation  Proclamation  by  Lincoln, 
and  now  another  step  in  the  Christian  evolution  of  the  race  is  reached.  Our 
God  is  marching  on.  Twenty-seven  million  new  voters  were  brought  to  the 
kingdom  for  a  time  like  this  to  aid  in  that  which  concerns  far  more  than  any 
dream  the  permanence  of  the  Republic  and  the  well-being  of  their  children,  name- 
ly,  the   conservation  of  our  national  ideals. 

The  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  holds  its  place  in  the  burnished 
candle-stick  that  lightens  the  holy  of  holies  in  the  temple  of  democracy.  We 
count  our  forces  not  by  multitudes  of  membership,  but  bj'  the  invisible  trans- 
forming power  of  truth  which  like  the  torch  of  liberty  is  scattering  the  dark- 
ness of  the  world.  The  best  word  that  can  be  spoken  to  our  people  at  this  time 
is  that  the  Church  has  made  substantial  progress  during  this  quadrennium.  We 
may  rejoice  that,  amid  the  distractions  of  those  terrible,  those  unforgetable 
j-ears,  with  the  absence  of  our  full  share  of  young  men  in  their  country's  service, 
we  see  no  general  weakening  of  our  organizations  at  home  or  abroad.  By  the 
mercy  of  God,  this  General  Conference  represents  a  larger  Church,  with  larger 
assets  and  a  wider  sweep  of  influence  than  any  other  since  the  first  similar 
gathering  in  Mount  Pleasant,  Pennsylvania,  one  hundred  and  six  years  ago. 
This  will  be  shown  by  the  reports  of  the  several  great  interests  and  activities  of 
the  Church  which  will  be  laid  before  you  by  those  who  have  them  in   charge. 

While  the  gains  in  our  membership  have  been  comparatively  meager,  our 
resources  and  working  capital  show  exceptional  increase.  Steadfastness  and 
stability  have  characterized  our  publishing  interests  through  troubled  days  and 
trying  condi!ions.  Sunday-school  and  Christian  Endeavor  enterprises  have  been 
marked  by  intensive  rather  than  extensive  emphasis.  Missionary  spirit  and 
endeavor  have  taken  a  decided  step  in  advance.  The  revival  in  church  building 
has  continued  with  steady  momentum  notwithstanding  the  handicap  of  ab- 
normal cost  of  material.  The  progress  of  our  educational  work  has  been 
marvelous,  making  the  quadrennium  memorable.  The  development  of  our 
orphanages  and  homes  for  the  aged  has  been  marked.  Our  War  Service  Com- 
mission did  its  work  well.  Our  Evangelistic  Commission  gave  valuable  aid  to 
the  conferences.  The  United  Enlistment  Movement  was  the  most  significant 
and  far-reaching  ever  planned  or  achieved  by  our  denomination  for  the  extension 
of  the  kingdom  of  Christ  in  the  earth.  When  we  consider  these  achievements, 
not  as  a  matter  of  pride,  but  a  reason  for  praise,  we  can  but  say  with  holy 
awe.  "The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us  yet." 


While  the  Church  has  caught  new  concepts  of  dutj'  and  had  new  visions 
of  service,  while  her  heart-beat  has  quickened  with  the  quickening  tide  of 
modern  life  and  her  sympathies  have  widened  and  deepened,  she  is  still  en- 
gaged in  the  old-time  mission  of  carrying  the  gospel  of  the  crucified  Christ  to 
erring  men  and  women.  She  stands  by  the  ancient  faith.  She  still  believes  in 
the  existence  of  a  triune  God,  in  a  personal  Savior,  in  the  deity  of  Christ,  in  the 
redemptive  power  of  his  shed  blood,  and  in  the  immortality  of  the  soul.  As  our 
Church  was  born  amid  the  throes  of  the  American  Revolution,  it  has  the  same 
love  of  liberty  and  equality  that  found  expression  in  the  immortal  Declaration 
of  Independence.  It  is  as  nearly  modeled  after  the  pattern  of  our  Republic  as  a 
church  can  be  like  a  state.  There  is  no  nobler  ideal  in  the  world  toda.v,  and 
the  more  fully  it  is  known  the  better  it  is  loved  and  revered. 

But  what  of  the  future?  In  the  confusion  and  bewilderment  of  the  world 
the  Church  has  its  chance,  and  its  new  code  of  obligations.  What  can  God  do 
with  a  Church  like  ours,  in  helping  to  lift  a  war-broken  world  into  new  life  and 
enduring  peace?  What  shall  be  the  message  and  spirit  of  the  Church  in  a  time 
like  this?  Where  shall  the  emphasis  be  placed?  These  are  the  questions  that 
must  concern  us.  Your  General  Superintendents  are  therefore  constrained  to 
stress  the  fact  that  we  are  here  for  high  and  serious  business.  This  General 
Conference  must  give  itself  to  higher  tasks  than  formal  legislation,  which  is 
usually  overdone  in  our  legislative  bodies.  We  must  attend  to  ideals  rather 
than  enactments,  build  a  program  and  plan  an  offensive  if  we  are  to  serve  the 
present  age,  which  is  our  supreme  calling.  It  is  a  day  for  broad  thinking,  resolute 
planning  and  devotion  to  the  larger  good. 

THE  CHURCH  AND  OUR  NEW  AGE 

Our  thought  is  here  dominated  by  an  immortal  sentence  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln, uttered  in  an  hour  of  national  crisis — immortal,  because  it  will  apply 
to  every  crisis  in  the  world's  history.  "God  bless  the  churches  and  blessed  be 
God,  who,  in  this,  our  great  trial,  giveth  us  the  churches."  Conspicuous  world 
leaders  voice  their  alarm  in  this  critical  hour  and  look  to  the  Church  of  God 
for  help.  An  eminent  statesman  recently  remarked,  "The  only  institution  that 
stands  between  society  and  chaos  is  the  Christian  Church."  We  go  further  than 
that.  The  Church  is  not  only  the  chief  agency  for  the  prevention  of  disorder,  it 
is  the  one  hope  for  the  new  earth  wherein  dwelleth  righteousness.  The  five 
Premiers  of  the  British  Empire  met  awhile  ago  and  declared  that  the  new 
world  order  must  be  built  on  spiritual  foundations,  on  the  authority  of  God  and 
the  message  of  Christianity  as  a  whole:  that  civilization  waits  everywhere  upon 
the  spiritual  power,  the  spiritual  life,  and  the  spiritual  message  of  the  Church. 
The  same  conviction  has  been  expressed,  in  equally  strong  terms  both  b}-  the 
former  and  the  present  Chief  Executive  of  the  United  States. 

Cynic  voices  assail  the  Church  now  as  always.  It  is  cursed  for  going 
too  slow,  and  cursed  for  going  too  fast.  It  is  charged  with  failure  and  with 
being  the  champion  of  the  obsolete.  Bu^t  it  is  here.  It  is  the  worlds  only  hope, 
and  with  it  moves  the  life  of  the  nation.  The|  Church  through  the  ages  will 
be  an  imperfect  institution.  From  the  beginning  it  has  been  flawed  and  marred, 
but  the  Holy  Spirit  has  through  its  inptrumcntalitv  brought  about  that  miracle 
of  miracles,  the  transformation  of  a  large  part  of  the  race  from  savagery  to 
civilization.  If  the  critic  is  honest  and  true  to  the  facts  of  history,  he  must  admit 
that  all  we  are  as  a  nation  above  the  heathen  the  Church  has  made  us.  We 
are  here  today  as  Christian  men  and  women,  who  were  brought  to  Christ  be- 
cause there  has  been  a  Church  of  Christ.  It  is  fitting  that  for  ourselves  and 
for  our  people  we  here  renew  our  loyalty  to  Christ  and  the  Church  and  pledge 
our  best  endeavor  to  place  the  Church  on  a  higher  level  of  influence  and  power 
for  the  new  generation. 

Never  was  it  more  fatally  easy  than  in  the  recent  past  to  be  tempted  to  the 
cynicism  of  illusion  and  to  say  that  Christianity  has  failed,  and  that  we  can  ex- 
pect nothing  better  of  human  nature  than  p-rced,  revenged  and  war — following 
the  old  vicious  circle  from  Jena  to  Austerlitz,  from   Sedan  to  the   Marne.     So 

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much  has  happened;  so  many  securities  have  been  shattered,  so  many  ^rtat 
liopes  confidently  entertained  have  tailed  of  fruition,  and  our  eyes  have  been 
washed  by  a  flood  of  tears  the  while  we  walked  through  the  Gethsemane  of 
the  World  War  up  to  the  very  mount  of  Calvary.  But  Christ  has  not  failed. 
It  is  now  clear  that  it  was  because  diplomats  rejected  him  that  the  world  was 
plunged  into  a  ditch.  Germany  made  the  fatal  mistake  of  building  an  edifice, 
not  out  of  the  principles  set  forth  in  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  not  out  of  the 
essential  genius  of  the  German  people  as  represented  by  the  sermons  of  Luther, 
the  literature  of  Goethe,  the  music  of  Beethoven,  the  learning  of  Von  Humboldt, 
but  out  of  the  imperialistic  instincts  and  ambitions  of  an  exclusive  military  caste. 
The  plans  of  man  have  broken  down,  for  man  himself  has  failed.  It  is  the  hour 
of  man's  extremity,  but  the  hour  of  man's  extremity  is  God's  opportunity. 

We  thank  God  for  the  new  demonstration  which  the  war  has  brought,  of 
the  unshakable  foundation  upon  which  our  faith  is  laid;  for  the  clear  revelation 
of  the  central  place  which  religion  holds  in  the  life  of  man.  We  have  a  new 
appreciation  of  the  adequacy  of  Christ's  program  to  heal  the  world's  hurt.  In 
all  the  upheaval  and  world  crash,  no  truth  of  Christ  has  licen  invalidated.  Not 
one  principle  of  his  when  tried  has  failed.  The  Church  needs  in  this  crisis 
to  make  no  experiments  with  new  weapons.  When  carnal  weapons  have  been 
used  where  spiritual  forces  should  have  been  released,  no  wonder  defeat  has 
come!  The  Church  does  not  need  to  change  its  creed  to  cure  the  world.  It  has 
always  had  enough  resources  to  save.  Its  failure  to  use  them  has  brought  d.>- 
feat.  The  gospel  of  Jesus  needed  no  revision  to  meet  the  needs  of 
our  boys  in  the  trenches,  in  the  hospitals,  or  on  the  gray  solitudes  of  the  seas. 
As  unchanging  as  the  needs  of  the  human  soul  are  the  saving  principles  of  Jesus 
Christ.  He  is  not  exhausted.  He  has  not  failed  in  a  world  crisis.  The  race 
lies  prone  with  cruel  wounds  because  he  was  not  allowed  to  help.  We  cannot 
fail  if  the  living  Christ  has  the  right  of  way.  The  old  time  religion  must  be 
the  new  time  religion.     It  is  good  enough  for  our  new  age. 

Each  Communion  sustains  its  relation  to  the  Church  universal  through  its 
particular  organization.  So  long  as  denominationalism  has  its  place  in  what 
appears  to  be  a  necessary  and  providential  order,  there  must  be  wisdom  in 
bringing  every  particular  denomination  to  the  highest  degree  of  efficiency  as  a 
denomination.  That  is  our  business  as  a  General  Conference.  The  universal 
Church  is  an  army,  and,  the  more  efficient  every  regiment  is,  the  more  efficient 
the  army  as  a  whole  will  be.  The  next  quadrennium  should  be  devoted  to 
strengthening  the  stakes  and  lengthening  the  cords  of  our  denominational  life 
and  influence. 

But  this  General  Conference  represents  the  whole  Church.  The  kingdom 
is  greater  than  any  of  its  parts.  The  Church  must  be  judged  and  appraised  in 
the  light  of  the  sovereign  vision  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  The  Church  does 
not  exist  for  itself,  but  to  promote  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  to  bring  the  reign 
of  Christ  to  realization  in  the  hearts  and  homes  of  men — in  its  own  life,  and 
in  all  the  fellowships  of  humanity.  By  all  methods,  by  its  evangelism  and  ed- 
ucation, by  the  purity  and  brotherliness  of  its  members,  as  a  keeper  of  holy 
mysteries  and  as  an  inspirer  of  social  activity,  in  state,  in  trade,  everywhere 
the  Church  must  seek  one  thing  and  one  only — to  establish  the  kingdom  of 
heaven.  Its  specific  function  is  not  simply  to  provide  a  home  for  religious 
people,  but  to  transform  the  faith  and  life  of  men,  individually  and  socially,  to 
increase  the  number  of  men  and  women  who  have  entered  into  the  mind  of 
Christ  and  look  with  his  eyes  upon  the  Church  and  the  world:  and  further  to 
mother  and  train  prophet  souls — to  go  up  and  down  the  land— ail  lands — to 
watch  and  witness  and  to  keep   everyw-here  alight  the   fires  of  God. 

The  Poet-prophet  addressing  the  Church  as  the  custodian  of  the  sacred 
oracles  of  Jehovah  cried,  "O  send  out  thy  light  and  thj  truth."  That  command 
is  urgent  today  to  this  General  Conference.  The  four  outstanding  agencies 
employed  are  the  home,  the  pulpit,  the  press,  and  the  school.  We  will  do  well 
to  give  ourselves  to  the  strengthening  of  this  quartet  of  agencies  in  a  con- 
structive way. 

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THE  HOME 

The  home  is  the  oldest  and  greatest  training  school  in  the  land.  The 
unit  of  Jewish  and  Christian  legislation  as  enacted  in  the  Old  and  New 
Testaments  was  the  home.  "If  the  groves  were  God's  first  temples,  parents 
were  his  first  priests."  In  the  home  God  has  given  us  in  miniature  a  picture 
of  what  he  means  his  world  to  be — a  society  in  which  the  welfare  of  each  is 
the  concern  of  all,  and  he  is  greatest  who  serv-es  most.  The  Christian  home  is 
the  nursery  of  religion,  and  of  government.  There  the  family  altar,  which  is 
the  greatest  school  of  religion,  is  maintained.  Such  a  home  is  God's  chosen 
field  for  the  cultivation  of  those  social  and  spiritual  graces  which  make  life 
beautiful  and  majestic,  whether  it  be  lived  under  the  limitations  of  poverty  or 
amidst  the  splendors  of  wealth  and  high  social  position.  If  religion  is  permitted 
to  die  out  of  the  home  it  cannot  be  maintained  elsewhere.  Family  worship 
should  be  supplemented  by  the  incorporation  of  an  intelligent  educational  pur- 
pose in  its  program.  In  some  way  there  must  be  a  real  strengthening  of  the 
sense  of  family  responsibility  for  the  religious  education  of  the  child.  It  is 
for  the  Church  to  strengthen  the  home  at  this  point  by  inspiring  and  training 
parents  to  take  up  the  work  they  have  neglected,  and  by  giving  them  definite, 
sj'stematic  help  in  maintaining  family  worship,  and  in  the  religious  training  of 
their   children. 

THE  PULPIT 

Preaching  is  an  institution  peculiar  to  the  gospel.  It  is  an  agency  previously 
unknown,  which  Christianity  has  created  for  itself  to  be  its  own  chosen  mode  of 
utterance.  Glorious  is  the  history  of  the  Christian  pulpit.  It  has  been  the 
great  moving,  uplifting  power  in  human  society.  The  fact  that  young  men 
are  not  entering  the  ministry  in  as  large  numbers  as  formerly  presents  a  present 
day  problem  that  challenges  the  serious  thought  of  the  Church,  because  the 
Church  cannot  live  without  an  adequate  ministry.  Many  see  in  the  depleted 
ranks  simply  one  of  the  destructive  results  of  the  war.  A  leading  educator 
laments  that  young  men  are  turning  from  the  learned  professions  to  enter  trade 
and  commerce.  Materialism,  he  thinks,  is  an  evil  spirit  that  has  given  its  cup  of 
sorcery  to  youth  and  beguiled  young  life  from  the  path  of  noble  scholarship  and 
spiritual  leadership.  It  must  be  admitted  that  the  secular  and  materialistic 
spirit  of  the  age  is  a  powerful  cause  in  diverting  young  men  from  the  ministry. 
But  not  the  emoluments  of  commerce  alone  explain  the  drift  of  young  men  away 
from  the  ministry.  The  principal  reason  in  our  judgment  why  young  men  are 
not  entering  the  ministry  in  larger  numbers  is  because  of  a  lack  of  definite, 
earnest,  pra3'erful  effort  upon  the  part  of  the  Church  to  influence  young  men 
toward  this  high  calling. 

There  are  certain  definite  and  well-defined  ministerial  recruiting  grounds 
that  must  be  assiduously  cultivated.  (1)  A  home  in  which  worship  is  maintained 
and  where  family-talk  never  discredits  the  Church  or  the  pulpit.  (2)  A  pastor 
who,  from  the  watch-tower  of  his  vantage  ground,  keeps  scanning  the  field  for 
prospects  and  speaks  an  encouraging  wor^  in  season.  (3)  A  local  church  where 
a  deep  spiritual  life  is  maintained,  where  parental  opposition  is  overcome,  and 
where  the  prayer  condition  is  met.  (4)  A  college  atmosphere  favorable  to 
Christian  work,  and  in  which  the  office  of  the  ministry  is  exalted.  When  the 
Church  honors  the  pulpit,  the  pulpit  will  honor  the  Church  bringing  authentic 
leadership  to  its  service.  (5)  Thg  boards  and  institutions  that  directly  touch 
youth  in  the  years  when  it  is  making  its  life  decisions  should  have  a  coordinated 
plan,  not  for  an  occasional  campaign  for  recruiting  and  training,  but  for  a  con- 
tinuous unwearying  regard  for  gathering  young  life  for  the  ministry  and  other 
forms  of  Christian  service. 

The  whole  plan  of  the  Church  for  recruiting  the  ministry  should  be  con- 
structed upon  a  firm  and  comprehensive  basis.  This  General  Conference  should 
by  all  means  provide  for  a  larger  investment  of  money  in  the  training  of*  the 
future  leadership  of  the  Church.  The  necessary  equipment  must  be  placed 
within  the  reach  of  young  men  and  women  in  preparation  for  the  ministry  and 
mission    fields.     The    Church   cvn    ill   afford   to   permit   young   men    whom    God 


has  called,  to  leave  the  halls  of  our  institi-fons  of  Icrrnins  for  lack  (.f  means 
to  continue  their  work  of  preparation.  We  rejoice  in  the  larger  opportunity 
and  greater  usefulness  that  will  come  to  Bonehrake  Theological  Seminary 
through  the  new  buildings  and  equipments  that  are  being  cstai)lished  on  that 
ideal  spot  overlooking  the  winding  Miami.  The  Church  has  no  more  urgent 
duty  than  to  make  that  school  of  the  prophets  equal  in  every  particular  to  any  in 
the  land.  No  other  institution  than  one  in  spiritual  and  intellectual  sympathy 
with  a  given  Church  can  properly  train  a  ministry   for  that   Church. 

Moreover,  if  we  are  to  keep  our  pulpits  supplied  with  competent,  consecrated 
men,  adequate  support  must  be  guaranteed  by  the  Church.  The  nightmare  of 
old  age  penury  must  be  removed  forever  from  the  overtaxed  mind  of  the 
preacher.  The  Church  will  do  herself  no  greater  honor  than  to  provide  an 
adequate  pension  to  cheer  and  brighten  the  closing  days  and  years  of  our  aged 
ministers — not  as  a  gift  but  as  a  compensation  for  service  rendered.  We  may 
lake  a  little  pride  in  the  fact  that  the  recent  survey  showed  that  the  average 
salary  paid  by  our  denomination  to  its  ministers  was  above  that  of  some  of 
the  larger  churches  numerically,  nevertheless  the  support  given  our  ministry  is 
yet  far  too  small.  But  it  must  not  be  forgotten  that  the  supreme  motive  of 
the  ministry  lies  back  of  material  support.  It  must  have  the  anchorage  of  a 
call  to  the  sacred  office,  backed  by  a  definite  Christian  experience  and  passion 
for  the  work.  It  appeals  to  the  heroic  in  man.  As  a  Church,  we  have  never 
been  without  a  ministry  ready  to  adjust  itself  to  difficult  conditions,  and  count 
it  an  honor  to  bear  hardships  for  Jesus'  sake  and  the  work's  sake. 

THE  PRESS 

The  value  and  potency  of  the  press  are  gaining  recognition  as  a  vehicle  through 
which  the  world  is  to  receive  religion  and  civilization.  By  this  means  the 
preacher  of  righteousness  may  include  the  world  in  his  parish.  The  public 
schools  and  the  spirit  of  the  times  have  made  this  an  age  of  reading  and  the 
people  a  nation  of  readers.  The  religious  press,  therefore,  is  a  major  consid- 
eration in  our  educational  system.  This  General  Conference  has  no  higher 
privilege  and  duty  than  that  of  providing  not  only  to  maintain  our  present  high 
standards  of  literature,  but  to  add  to  its  character  and  attractiveness  with  a 
view  to  securing  a  stronger  literary  grip  upon  the  j'oung  life  of  the  Church,  and 
thereb}'  counteract  the  thousands  of  papers  of  low  moral  standards  and  ideals 
that  set  j'outh  on  the  wrong  side  of  every  good  thing.  The  real  profits 
of  our  great  publishing  plant  do  not  appear  in  figures  on  the  credit  side  of 
its  ledger,  but  in  lives  that  are  created — the  dividends  in  human  character.  This 
is  its  supreme  mission. 

THE  SCHOOL 

The  Christian  institution  of  learning  is  an  organized  agency  of  light  by 
means  of  which  Christianity  is  becoming  ever  more  and  more  an  efficient  life 
working  intelligently  for  the  well-being  of  the  world.  What  the  world  will  be 
tomorrow  will  be  due  to  what  we  educate  into  it  toda}'.  The  young  life  rep- 
resented in  the  schools  constitutes  the  field.  The  ideals  held  forth  by  the 
teachers  of  ^oday  will  shape  the  mind  and  morals  of  the  generation  just  before 
us.  In  Germany  it  has  been  seen  that  in  one  generation  a  nation's  mind  can 
-be  made  wrong.  Youth  is  the  period  of  the  making  whether  it  be  good  or  evil. 
It  is  the  task  of  Christianity  to  make  the  mind  and  character  of  the  world  ac- 
cording to  the  mind  of  Christ. 

The  Christian  Church  must  educate  if  it  is  to  meet  the  challenge  of  the 
times.  It  must  educate  the  masses  not  alone  in  material  knowledge:  least  of 
all  in  that.  It  must  inculcate  Christian  virtues  and  Christian  ideals.  Without 
them  the  world  cannot  struggle  to  its  feet  again.  And  it  is  strictly  up  to  the 
Christian  Church  to  provide  that  education.  Governments  will  not  do  it.  In- 
dividuals cannot  do  it.  The  Church  must.  .•Xs  we  face  the  ereat  issues  of  life 
and  the  absolute  demand  for  an  adequate  leadership,  to  successfully  meet  \hn<" 

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issues  it  must  be  apparent  that  the  future  of  the  Church  is  bound  up  with 
the  future  of  its  institutions  of  learning.  We  cannot  possibly  hope  to  raise  up 
an  adequate  force  of  laj^  and  ministerial  leaders  without  these  training  agencies. 
Secular  institutions  have  not  the  art  to  shape  ministers  and  church  workers. 
Our  church  schools  produce  them. 

Moreover  there  must  be  brought  to  the  Church  a  new  conception  of  the 
sanctity  and  value  of  the  whole  business  of  teaching  and  education.  The  Church 
must  support  the  State  in  every  measure  looking  toward  raising  its  educational 
standards,  and  in  the  selection  of  well-qualified  teachers  both  in  character  and 
training.  Our  Nation  is  honoring  itself  in  the  splendid  material  equipment  and 
comfort.^^  it  is  providing  for  the  education  of  its  youth,  and  the  best  is  none 
too  good.  But  greater  in  importance  and  influence  than  millions  of  equipment 
is  the  maintaining  of  high  moral  and  educational  standards.  The  place  of  all  the 
places  where  the  State  cannot  afford  to  retrench  is  the  maintenance  of  these 
standards  with  adequate  salaries  for  teachers. 

THE  CHURCH  AND  THE  CHILD 

It  is  not  an  accident  that  Jesus  makes  the  child — the  prophet  of  humanity 
in  whose  hand  the  future  lies — the  symbol  of  his  gospel,  and  the  child-heart 
the  secret  of  his  religion.  Here  the  everlasting  enterprise  of  education — by 
\vhich  we  must  mean  spiritual  nurture,  no  less  than  physical  health  and  intel- 
lectual culture — finds  sanction  and  inspiration,  as  much  by  the  method  of  the 
teacher  as  by  his  faith. 

The  problem  of  the  child  is  the  problem  of  the  Church — naj',  the  problem 
of  the  child  is  the  problem  of  the  world.  It  is  by  far  the  most  important 
problem  with  which  the  church  and  the  state  have  to  deal;  because  the  child  is 
the  citizen  and  Christian  of  tomorrow.  William  E.  Gladstone  once  made  the 
statement:  "The  relation  of  the  Church  to  the  youth  of  Great  Britain  is  a 
matter  of  greater  importance  than  all  the  combined  problems  of  the  British 
Empire."  Theodore  Roosevelt  likewise  said:  "If  you  are  going  to  do  anj^thing 
permanent  for  the  average  man,  j^ou  must  begin  before  he  is  a  man.  The 
chance  of  success  lies  in  working  with  the  boy  and  not  with  the  man."  No 
greater  and  more  vital  truth  has  ever  been  announced  from  two  continents  by 
two  of  the  w^orld'p  greatest  master  men  than  the  identical  truth  in  their  re- 
spective   statements. 

The  weightiest  responsibility  committed  to  the  Church  is  that  of  the  sacred 
guardianship  of  her  youth.  We  waste  the  land  and  our  children  starve.  We 
squander  the  Nation's  resources  and  the  citizens  of  tomorrow  suffer.  This  is 
the  core  of  the  current  agitation  about  conservation.  The  truth  applies  to 
church  life.  The  Church  of  today  is  determining  the  volume  and  quality  of 
the  Church  of  tomorrow.  If  we  fail  to  conserve  our  heritage  of  childhood,  the 
material  out  of  which  the  kingdom  of  God  is  to  be  built,  it  will  be  a  wicked  waste 
compared  with  which  the  destruction  of  our  forests,  the  exploitations  of  our 
minerals,  and  the  loss  of  our  water  power  is  as  the  small  dust  of  the  balance. 

The  weakest  point  in  Protestant  Christianity  has  been  in  the  failure  to 
recognize  the  fact  that  her  first  great  opportunity  is  the  childhood  of  the  world. 
It  is  said  of  Francis  Xavier,  'the  great  missionary  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  that  on  a  certain  occasion,  when  worn  out  with  his  many  labors,  and 
when  retiring  for  rest,  said  to  his  servant:  'T  must  sleep;  if  I  do  not,  I  shall 
die.  If  someone  should  call  to  see  me,  tell  them  I  am  asleep."  The  servant 
watching  the  door  of  the  missionary's  tent  soon  saw  the  pale  face  of  Xavier  and 
heard  him  say:  "I  made  a  mistake;  if  a  little  child  comes,  do  not  fail  to  call 
me."  Of  all  the  places  where  the  Church  ought  never  to  sleep,  but  be  awake 
to  her  duty,  it  is  in  her  relation  to  the  children.  The  need  of  the  hour  is  an 
aroused  Church,  one  which  shall  place  a  proper  value  upon  the  child,  and  upon 
the  fateful  significance  of  those  fleeting  years  in  which,  if  at  all,  childrei^  must 
be  prepared  for  taking  their  rightful  places  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

It  must  be  admitted  that  the  Church  by  its  neglect  of  childhood  loses  more 
people  to  the  kingdom  of  God  than  all  our  revivals  are  able  to  bring  back.     The 

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almost  exclusive  expenditure  of  the  Church's  energies  has  l)cen  upon  adult  con- 
version and  culture,  adult  creeds  and  orders  of  worship.  In  planning  its  i)uii.l- 
ings.  the  ihouyht  has  centered  ahout  the  adidt  instead  of  the  child.  It  nuist  ever 
remain  to  her  discredit  that  it  was  nearly  two  thousand  years  after  Jesus  folded 
the  little  ones  in  his  arms  before  his  Church  made  a' coinfortahle  hench  for 
them  to  sit  upon,  or  built  houses  of  worship  with  the  slightest  reference  to 
those   of  whom   he   said,   "Suffer   the   little   children   to   come   unto   me." 

God  has  put  the  child  in  the  center  and  the  program  and  legislation  of  the 
Church  must  be  built  around  that  center.  The  work  of  each  committee  of  this 
General  Conference  should  be  performed  with  the  fullest  recognition  of  the 
child  in  the  midst.  Plans  must  be  devised  by  which  the  Church  will  hold  a 
tighter  grip  upon  the  childhood  of  hef  care  that  it  may  be  kept  from  sin's 
ravages  for  Christ's  beautiful  service.  When  the  problem  of  properly  dealing 
with  young  life  during  its  early  stages  of  development  shall  have  been  solved, 
the  Church  will  enter  upon  her  brightest  era  since  the  day  of  Pentecost.  One 
generation,  one. entire  generation  of  all  the  world  of  children,  understood  as  they 
should  be,  loved  as  they  ask  to  be,  and  so  developed  as  they  might  be,  would 
usher  in  the  millennium.  It  is  one  of  the  famed  sayings  of  Mr.  Moody,  "If 
we  can  save  one  generation  we  have  i)ut  the  enemy  out  of  business." 

SOCIAL,  ECONOMIC,  AND   INDUSTRIAL  CONDITIONS 

What  should  be  the  attitude  of  the  Church  toward  present  social,  economic, 
and  industrial  conditions  that  threaten  to  shatter  society  already  rent  by  the 
shock  of  World  War?  It  is  true  that  the  first  and  chief  interest  of  the  Church 
is  the  redemption  and  training  of  souls.  But  the  Church  cannot  fulfill  that 
mission  :;nd  lie  indifferent  or  even  neutral  in  a  conflict  in  which  the  souls  of 
men  are  fighting  for  life.  The  two  mighty  forces  that  shape  human  life  more 
than  all  others  put  together  are  the  economic  and  religious.  Until  these  two 
forces  are  brought  into  right  relations — each  serving  the  other — there  will  be 
neither  religious  reality  nor  economic  peace.  Too  many  evangelists  are  al! 
too  indifferent  to  social  conditions.  All  too  many  social  theorists  and  social 
workers  are  wholly  without  interest  in  the  spiritual  regeneration  of  persons.  The 
call  of  the  hour  is  for  that  better,  completer  work  of  regeneration  and  re- 
demption, that  larger  evangelism  which  will  make  new  men  and  new  society 
according  to  Christ's  pattern. 

The  Church  knows  neither  rich  nor  poor  as  such,  and  her  jnirest  teachings 
tnove  her  to  value  men  as  well  as  count  them;  to  seek,  not  what  they  have. 
but  what  they  are  and  ought  to  be.  She  makes  war,  when  loyal  to  her  mission, 
on  all  injustice,  and  in  her  pursuit  of  what  is  ethical,  submits  herself  to  the 
teachings  of  her  divine  Lord.  The  Church  opposes  unjust  exactions  either  by 
employers  or  by  the  employed.  Profiteering  is  a  vague  term,  but  it  is  sufficientlv 
explicit  to  include  the  workman  who  charges  more  than  he  is  worth,  as  well 
as  the  contractor  or  the  usurer  who  takes  adv^antage  of  his  opportunities  to  ac- 
cuiTiulate  filthy  gains.  The  great  Teacher  unfolded  the  divine  ideals  of  human 
society  and  taught  the  true  principle  upon  which  it  can  exist  when  he  said, 
"Whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them." 
The  Golderv  Rule  of  Christ  expressed  in  sociey  will  bring  in  the  Golden  Age 
of  man.  His  touch  clothes  poverty  with  power,  consecrates  wealth  to  human 
benefit,  and  makes  work  and  wages  sacraments  of  human  fellowship. 

The  Church  must  in  this  day  exercise  its  mediatorial  ministry.  It  must 
hold  a  steady  course,  speak  in  clear  tones,  and  minister  to  order,  stability,  and 
righteousness.  Lord  Morley  thinks  the  problem  of  the  black  man  in  .America 
"insoluble' — that  is  his  word,  and  so  it  is,  if  it  be  only  a  welter  of  rancor  and 
wrangle  of  irritations,  not  less  so  in  our  medley  of  races  where  one  feels  the 
distressing  pressure  of  racial  suspicion.  In  the  same  way.  the  tangle  of 
industrial  unrest  is  hopeless  if  its  issues  are  left  to  be  fouTcht  over  by  ex- 
tremists. Those  who  now  array  class  against  class,  man  against  man,  in  any 
way,  are  foes,  not  friends  to  society.  The  Church  must  strenuously  inculcate 
the   principle  that  employers  and  employees   in   their   very   nature  are  partners. 

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not  competitors;  allies,  not  enemies;  brothers,  and  not  aliens.  The  United 
Brethren  Church  reaffirms  her  devotion  to  orderly  government  and  her  un- 
alterable belief  in  legal  processes  in  societ}'.  She  is  uncompromising  in  her  at- 
titude, against  lawlessness,  confusion,  and  anarchy. 

In  filling  its  specific  mission  the  Christian  pulpit  furnishes  the  greatest 
opportunity  for  effectual  social  service  It  announces  those  eternal  principles 
which  know  no  mutation  in  any  age.  Shaftsbury  said:  "Charles  Spurgeon's  pul- 
pit, without  discussing  problems  of  government,  has  done  more  for  social  reform 
and  progress  than  any  statesman  of  his  era.  This  country  was  not  made 
primarily'  by  statesmen,  it  was  made  by  prophets  of  God.  It  was  the  pioneer 
missionaries  who  turned  mob  leaders  ii\to  class  leaders  and  recreated  the  State. 
Social  reforms  cannot  do  away  with  the  divine  requirement  for  a  regenerated 
and  purified  society."  Here  the  mission  of  the  preacher  takes  transcendent 
grounds,  which  the  materialist  does  not  concede  are  the  legitimate  province  of 
the  Church.  But  for  us  they  are  the  territories  of  God,  in  which  the  battle 
for  the  new  humanity  and  the  new  freedom  will  have  to  be  waged  and  w'on. 
No  political,  economic,  or  even  ethical  strategy  is  paramount  over  the  New 
Testament  declaration , that  men  and  nations  "must  be  born  again.'  The  secret 
of  growth  of  righteousness  is  with  those  who  worship  the  author  of  right- 
eousness. 

What  is  to  be  the  attitude  of  the  Church,  and  what  part  will  she  play  in  the 
new  uprising,  inevitable,  industrial  democracy  now  at  our  door?  The  stand  of 
modern  Church  for  a  social  order  based  on  social  righteousness —  and  not 
merely  social  justice — is  growing  unmistakably  firmer  every  daj'  Three  recent 
pronouncements,  from  widely  differing  Communions,  are  prophetic  of  the  direc- 
tion in  which  the  Christian  mind  is  moving.  The  first  is  a  manifesto  in  which  it 
is  declared  that  the  old  industrial  relations  should  never  be  allowed  to  return. 
Instead,  it  proposes  an  industrial  democracy,  that  is,  representation  of  workers 
in  the  management  of  business,  in  the  control  of  its  processes,  the  nature  of  its 
jiroducts,  the  employment  and  dismissal  of  labor,  hours  of  work,  rate  of  pay, 
welfare  work,  and  shop  discipline.  The  second  issued  an  equalh'  significant 
statement,  endorsing  the  general  principle  and  adding  the  following  items:  the 
abolition  of  child  labor,  vocational  training  for  all,  but  not  to  interfere  with 
cultural  education;  an  adequate  wage  that  will  provide  for  family  support — one 
that  will  keep  the  mother  in  the  home,  and  the  child  in  school;  insurance  against 
invalidism  and  old  age.  The  third  also  declares  for  the  same  principle  as  being 
fundamental  to  the  new  order.  It  goes  further  and  says  that  no  business  should 
declare  profits  until  a  living  wage  has  been  paid,  and  that,  if  it  cannot  pay 
a  living  wage,  it  has  no  right  to  exsist. 

It  is  with  pride  that  we  are  privileged  to  refer  to  our  great  Publishing  House, 
the  Otterbein  Press,  as  the  first  of  the  denominational  houses  to  introduce  this 
new  order  and,  please  God,  we  believe,  to  lead  the  way  to  better  industrial  con- 
ditions. Two  years  of  experience  have  abundantly  justified  the  adventure,  and  the 
wisdom  of  the  scheme.  The  aspiration^  of  the  unprivileged  is  not  merely  for 
better  material  conditions  but  for  fuller,  freer,  and  more  human  life.  Sympathy 
with  this  demand  is  the  duty  of  the  Church.  Ruskin  well  says:  "There  is  no 
wealth  but  life,  including  all  its  power  of  love,  of  joy,  of  admiration.  That 
country  is  richest  which  nourishes  the  greatest  number  of  noble  and  happy 
human  beings,  that  uses  money  to  make  men,  and  not  men  to  make,  money." 
It  is  the  business  of  the  Church  to  set  up  the  kingdom  of  God  in  the  earth; 
that  is,  to  bring  about  such  conditions  that  each  man  will  have  his  chance  to 
reach  his  best  estate.  Justice  Spafford,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  recently  said: 
"Our  safety  can  only  be  found  in  a  policy  that  treats  all  men  as  brothers." 
William  Morris  speaks  of  the  industrial  problems  of  our  day  as  a  "tangled 
wood."  So  they  are,  and  Christianity  is  the  only  lamp  that  will  illuminate  the 
path  out  of  this  "tangled  wood."  Its  founder  and  leader  was  a  carpentjer,  in 
whose  great  brotherly  heart  we  find  the  secret  of  redemption,  both  personal  and 
social.  The  stewardship  of  wealth,  the  spirit  of  service  in  industry,  the 
reciprocity  of  the  Golden  Rule — these  are  the  steps  by  which  he  would  lead  us. 

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For  a  Inindred  years  the  United  Brethren  Chiireh  has  thrown  its  weiK'lit  on 
the  moral  side  of  every  question.  Ours  was  the  first  of  the  denominations 
to  pass  a  resolution  condemning  the  legalized  liquor  traffic.  And  from  that  day 
until  the  present  the  Churcli  has  been  relentless  in  its  oi)position  to  that  in- 
describable crime  against  humanity.  The  enemy,  mortally  wounded,  does  not 
acknowledge  defeat  or  death.  With  deliberation  and  in  all  possii)le  corrupt 
ways  he  is  endeavoring  to  counteract  a  generation  of  progress,  defy  the  Con- 
stitution, aid  nullification,  and  at  length  secure  a  repeal  of  the  Eighteenth 
Amendment.  The  United  Brethren  Church  has  its  face  set  like  a  flint  against 
yielding  any  part  of  the  victory  that  has  been  gained..  Xo  compromise  now, 
and  no  nullification  anywhere  is  her  unyielding  motto.  The  same  has  been  the 
attitude  of  the  Church  toward  all  reform  movements  looking  toward  the  al- 
leviation of  the  burdens  of  humanity,  and  in  making  this  a  better  world  in 
which  to  live.  It  stands  for  the  sanctity  and  protection  of  the  institutions  of 
the  Home  and  the  Sabbath  as  the  basis  of  all  that  is  hopeful  in  social  and  civil 
life.  The  Church  has  not  only  proclaimed  righteousness  but  has  assisted  in 
establishing  justice.  .A.nd  for  this  great  truth  let  all  her  history  tell,  who 
serves  mankind  doth  serve  his  Maker  well. 

THE  CHURCH  AND  EVANGELISM 

The  real  mission  of  the  Church  is  to  win  the  souls  of  men.  This  must  precede 
all  social  schemes  for  the  betterment  of  society.  Economic  ills  cannot  be 
cured  by  economical  appliances.  It  will  take  new  men  to  make  a  new  world, 
and  the  Church  has  the  pattern  and  the  power  for  that  new  manhood.  Any  ef- 
fective waj'  of  saving  a  man's  soul  except  by  conversion  is  yet  to  be  discovered. 
There  can  be  no  substitute  for  personal  religion.  That  is  why  a  real  seer  has 
uttered  the  eminently  wise  words:  "Christianity  would  sacrifice  its  divinity  if 
it  abandoned  its  missionary  character.  '  When  the  power  of  reclaiming  the 
lost  dies  out  of  the  Church,  it  ceases  to  be  a  Church.  When  that  power  re- 
mains there,  whatever  else  is  wanting,  it  may  still  be  said  that  the  tabernacle  of 
God  is  with  men. 

Xo  one  denies  that  a  spiritual  awakening  is  the  prime  need  of  our  age — a 
revival  that  will  issue  in  a  new  day  of  vitalized,  triumphant  Christianity,  and 
a  new  sense  of  the  Christian's  responsibility  for  the  unsaved.  The  Church  must 
put  her  emphasis  first  on  the  redemption  of  men,  on  the  spiritual  life  of  men, 
and.  unless  she  is  victorious  here,  what  to  her  are  the  kingdoms  of  this  world  and 
the  glory  of  them?  We  insist  that  evangelism  be  made  the  outstanding  feature 
of  the  Church's  work,  and  the  crowning  glory  of  the  Church's  life  during  the 
coming  quadrennium.  If  we  speak  of  our  program  as  a  "forward  movement," 
that  movement  must  be  evangelistic  in  motive  and  power.  We  do  not  plead  for 
an  evangelistic  ministry  alone,  nor  for  an  occasional  evangelism,  and  special 
evangelists,  but  for  an  evangelistic  Church,  always,  and  in  all  its  activities  seek- 
ing to  fulfill  Christ's  redemptive  purpose  in  the  world.  The  spirit  of  all  its 
services  should  be  such  that  the  salvation  of  souls  would  be  expected  and  in 
order. 

The  need  is  most  urgent.  Recent  surveys  reveal  the  enormity  of  the  task 
confronting  American  Protestantism  if  our  country  is  to  be  evangelized  and 
Christianized.  It  is  important  to  Americanize  those  who  have  come  to  us  from 
other  lands,  but  it  is  more  important  to  Christianize  both  ourselves  and  the 
strangers  withm  our  gates.  Americanization  must  be  undergirded  with  re- 
ligion if  our  American  institutions  are  to  be  preserved.  There  are  in  the  United 
States  twenty-seven  million  Protestant  children  and  youths  under  twenty-five 
years  of  age  who  are  not  enrolled  in  any  Sunday  school  or  other  institution 
for  religious  training.  W^e  have  fifty  million  people  above  ten  years  of  age 
who  are  not  identified  with  any  church — Jewish,  Catholic,  or  Protestant.  Our 
cities,  the  centers  of  vastly  and  rapidly  increasing  masses  of  unevangelized 
people;  our  rural  districts,  suffering  from  the  attractive  force  of  the  cities  and 
yet  furnishing  conditions  for  the  preservation  and  development  of  many  of  the 
best  elements  of  our  national  life;  our  frontiers,  the  regions  sought  by  the  on- 
pushing  migrations  from  all   sections  and  all  lands,  needing  churches,  schools. 

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and  missionaries;  the  millions  of  our  foreign-speaking  population  awaiting 
political,  social,  economic,  intellectual,  and  spiritual  assimilation  in  our  body 
politic,  call  for  the  most  unselfishly  patriotic  devotion,  the  most  Christlike  self- 
sacrifice  and  most  strenuous  educational  and  evangelizing  efforts  that  the 
Christian  Church  has  ever  known.  Question  of  questions — will  the  missionary 
heart  of  the  Church  be  equal  to  the  missionary  need  and  opportunity?  With 
other  churches  we  must  strengthen  our  home  missionary  agencies. 

The  times  demand  a  new  emphasis  upon  evangelistic  work  in  rural  com- 
munities where  half  our  population  now'  resides.  Whenever  "we  consent  to  a 
decadent  country  church,  w^e  shall  have  a  decadent  country  and  a  decadent 
Church  on  our  hands.  History  attests  that  the  large  majority  of  the  world's 
leaders  have  come  from  among  the  people  who  live  close  to  the  soil.  The 
farms  produce  men  that  steady  the  Nation  as  city  radicalism  rocks  it.  If  the 
churches  can  make  adequate  provision  for  the  moral  and  religious  life  of 
our  rural  communities,  we  shall  have  gone  a  long  way  toward  keeping  pure  and 
eternally  vigorous  the  life  of  the  whole  Nation.  An  increasing  number  of 
country  churches  should  have  resident  pastors  with  a  competent  support. 

The  Nation  has  watched  its  marvelous  urban  growth  with  deep  concern. 
The  recent  surveys  reveal  the  fact  that  fifty  percent  of  our  population  now 
live  in  cities.  We  are  wont  to  record  this  fact  as  a  problem  in  capital  letters. 
The  city  is  at  once  a  menace  and  also  an  opportunity.  It  is  the  storm  center 
of  the  industrial  world.  The  situation  calls  for  a  vigorous  and  aggressive 
evangelism.  It  is  urgent  that  all  Christians  become  eager  messengers  declaring- 
the  gospel  which  alone  can  bring  order  and  real  prosperity.  The  call  of  the 
hour  is  for  a  new  emphasis  upon  personal  evangelism.  Revivals  we  must  have, 
but  we  dare  not  depend  exclusively  upon  the  annual  revival  for  spiritual  con- 
quest or  we  shall  fail.  There  were  indeed  three  thousand  converted  in  a  single 
day  on  Pentecost;  but  after  that,  "there  were  added  to  the  Church  daily  such  as 
should  be  saved."  This  original  method  has  never  been  superseded  by  any 
superior.  When  our  Lord  went  back  to  heaven  only  one  hundred  and  tw'enty 
were  in  the  "upper  room'  as  his  avowed  disciples.  When  the  last  of  these  had 
passed  away  they  left  a  half  million  converts. 

Moreover,  it  is  apparent  that  the  spiritual  conquest  of  the  world  cannot  be 
accomplished  through  the  agencies  of  our  adult  civilization  alone. 

Statistics  show  that  the  zone  of  greatest  productiveness  in  the  spiritual 
life  of  man  lies  between  the  ages  of  ten  and  seventeen.  Eighty-five  percent 
of  all  the  people  of  the  world  who  profess  to  be  followers  of  Christ  made  the 
profession  before  reaching  their  eighteenth  birthday.  It  should  be  a  matter  of 
great  concern  to  the  churches  that  sixty  percent  of  our  children  and  youths 
are  without  any  Christian  training  or  instruction  whatever.  But  two  out  of 
seven  are  in  the  Sunday  schools.  We  do  not  suggest  a  change  of  emphasis 
that  means  less  intensive  work  on  the  part  of  our  religious  education  agencies 
in  the  training  of  the  two,  but  we  do  urge  that  a  program  of  extension  be 
planned  that  will  enlist  every  local  church  in  our  Communion  in  reaching  the 
other  five.     This  we  conceive  to  be  our  immediate  duty  and  opportunity. 

We  are  confronted  with  the  necessity  of  providing  for  a  more  adequate  con- 
servation of  the  results  of  our  evangelistic  victories.  There  is  need  for  a 
broader  definition  of  the  term  "evangelism"  than  we  are  prone .  to  give  it. 
Evangelizing  is  gospclizing  and  Christianizing,  and  therefore  is  not  to  be 
limited  to  a  single  emotional  crisis  in  the  life  or  to  the  joining  of  a  church. 
It  should  include  certain  antecedent  processes  of  education,  and  must  include 
the  important  work  of  nurturing  the  new  converts  and  training  them  for  Chris- 
tian service.  .-X  definite  schedule  of  Christian  activities  should  be  provided  for 
all  new  recruits.  Immediately  on  accepting  the  responsibilities  of  the  Christian 
life,  these  young  Christians  should  be  given  something  to  do;  some  work  to  help 
win  others,  some  method  of  Bible  study.  They  should  be  taught  the  first  principles 
of  Christian  stewardship,  and  be  made  to  face  the  commanding  claims  of  life 
service. 

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The  program  outlined  by  this  General  Conference  for  the  coming  quadnn- 
nium  must  exalt  tin-  effort  to  hrinu  pcioiile  to  Christ  as  the  heart  of  our 
task.  Your  General  Superintendents  beg  you  to  read  between  these  lines  con- 
cern beyond  the  power  of  words  to  express,  and  likewise  a  faith  and  hope  greater 
than  our  concern.  God  is  now  working  among  the  churches.  Unusual  victories 
are  being  reported.  Thousands  have  been  brought  to  Christ's  discipleship  in 
recent  months  and  reassuring  proofs  are  at  hand  that  the  mightiest  revival  and 
spiritual  conquest  the  Church  has  ever  registered  is  just  at  hand. 

THE  CHURCH  BEYOND  OUR  NATIONAL   BORDERS 

\ye  have  noted  the  cond-tions  with  which  the  Church  is  face  to  face  in 
.•\merica.  Kach  incoming  mail  or  cablegram  from  abroad  brings  us  additional 
proof  that  our  I)rothers  beyond  our  national  borders  are  wrestling  with  the 
same  herculean  questions  that  so  constantly  engage  our  moral  and  sjjiritual 
forces  here.  Tlie  agitation  for  outright  self-determination  of  the  Philippines; 
the  deep  resentment  against  Japanese  rule  in  Korea  and  China;  the  hostility  to 
British  rule  in  India;  the  question  of  who  owns  the  land  in  the  European 
colonies  in  Africa;  the  question  of  hours  and  wages  and  working  conditions  in 
the  multiplying  factories  in  the  Far  East;  manhood's,  yes,  and  womanhood's 
common  right  of  suffrage;  the  demand  for  political  justice;  for  better  educa- 
tional facilities;  the  demand  for  good  morals;  the  demand  for  freedom  from  the 
burdens  imposed  by  militarism;  the  demand  for  freedom  from  the  bitterness  of 
race  prejudices;  the  demand  for  the  satisfaction  of  the  hunger  for  knowledge  of 
an  all-wise  and  Almighty  God — these  are  the  questions  as  every  foreign  news 
item  attests  that  fasten  themselves  in  the  minds  of  our  brothers  beyond  our 
borders. 

To  all  these  groups  the  Church  is  going  with  her  message  of  a  supreme 
Lord  and  brotherly  love.  She  goes  to  the  foreign  home,  claiming  the  little 
child  in  Africa  or  Asia  as  her  own  and  seeks  by  the  development  of  Christian 
homes  to  enable  that  child,  notwithstanding  un-Christian  surroundings,  because 
of  its  faith  in  Christ,  to  increase  in  wisdom  and  in  stature  and  in  favor  with 
God  and  men. 

In  looking  at  this  welter  nf  ])ain,  ignorance,  hard  living  conditions,  political 
injustice,  superstition,  fear,  discouragement,  hate,  and  deep  spiritual  thirst,  one 
feels  inclined  to  say  with  one  of  our  nationally  known  journalists:  "The  future 
looks  black  enough,  yet  it  holds  a  hope,  a  single  hope.  One  and  only  one 
power  can  arrest  and  save  us,  that  is  the  Christian  religion.  Democracy  is 
but  a  side  issue.  The  paramount  issue  underlying  the  issue  of  democracy  is  the 
religion  of  Christ  and  Him  crucified,  the  bed  rock  of  civilization."  If  the  world 
is  to  be  saved  from  destruction — physical  no  less  than  spiritual — it  will  be 
saved  alone  by  the  Christian  religion.  It  is  the  evident  opinion  of  this  journalist 
that  deep  and  dark  though  the  world's  physical,  economic,  educational,  moral, 
and  spiritual  need  may  be,  the  Savior,  whose  love  and  power  were  manifested 
on  Calvary  and  in  the  Garden  tomb,  is  fully  able  to  supply  them. 

Within  the  life-time  of  the  majority  of  the  members  of  this  General  Con- 
ference, there  were  sign-boards  in  public  places  in  Japan  warning  people  against 
the  acceptance  of  the  Christian  faith.  But  as  a  result  of  the  foolishness  of 
preaching  one  hundred  and  ten  thousand  Japanese  Protestant  believers  now 
acknowledge  the  Lordship  of  Jesus,  while  millions  look  to  the  Church  as  the 
only  source  of  adequate  moral  power.  Xavier.  unal)le  in  the  Sixteenth  century 
to  gain  an  entrance  into  China,  cried  out,  '"Oh,  rock,  rock,  when  wilt  thou  open 
to  my  Master!"  Today  the  rock  has  opened.  China's  great  rivers  arc  all 
highways  for  the  gospel  messenger.  The  Protestant  churches  now  number 
312,970  communicants  in  China.  In  far  away  Tibet  the  gospel  is  being  secretly 
welcomed.  New  proofs  of  the  power  that  can  save  to  the  uttermost  is  seen  in 
the  pitiful  eagerness  with  which  India's  outcast  press  toward  the  Church,  while 
Christian  Indians  are  now  volunteering  to  carry  the  gospel  west  into  Meso- 
potamia. 

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The  forces  are  inadequate,  but  nevertheless  the  gospel  is  leavening  the 
life  of  the  new  composite  nation  that  is  developing  in  the  East  India  Islands 
composed  of  Chinese,  Indians,  and  Malays.  Removed  from  the  old  home  influ- 
ences in  China  and  India,  these  pioneers  in  new  lands  seem  singularly  open  to 
the  gospel.  The  Evangelical  churches  in  the  Philippines,  a  group  of  $90,000, 
now  form  a  strong  cohort  in  the  world's  Christian  army,  a  force  working  for 
better  home  life,  better  citizenship,  better  Christ'an  character.  In  Africa,  too, 
new  evidences  of  the  church's  resourcefulness  and  power  are  manifest  every- 
where, north,  east,  south,  and  west.  A  more  practical  type  of  education  that 
will  help  to  buttress  Christian  homes  can  be  seen  as  well  as  mass  movements 
towards  the  Church  along  Africa's  west  coast;  onen'ngs  for  Christian  ministers 
among  the  great  mining  groups  can  be  seen  in  the  South;  the  entrance  of 
scores  of  new  missionaries  irto  forn^er  German  East  Africa:  a  revival  in  the 
old  Coptic  Church  in  Abyssinia  and  the  opening  last  year  of  a  new  Christian 
University  in  Cairo,  the  intellectual  center  of  I^Iohammedanism  are  all  weather 
vanes  showing  the  direction  whither  the  winds  of  God's  good  grace  are  blowing 
among  neighbor  peoples,  near  and  remote,  and  give  incontestable  proof  that  by 
degrees,  sometimes  slow  and  sometimes  swift,  Jesus  Christ  is  becoming  the 
des're  of  all  nations. 

A  CHRISTIAN  FRATERNITY 

"One  is  3'our  Master,  even  Christ;  and  all  ye  are  brethren."  Thus  speaks 
the  great  Brother — a  Master  by  virtue  of  his  vision  of  truth  and  his  power 
of  love — and  the  throb  if  his  heart  is  felt  to  this  far-off  day,  though  ages  have 
come  and  gone.  About  Him  are  gathered  a  group  of  peasants,  drawn  by  the 
winsomeness  of  his  personality  and  the  magnetism  of  his  truth,  and  in  the 
center  he  breaks  the  bread  and  blesses  the  cup  of  fellowship.  In  that  atmos- 
pbere  there  was  room  for  all  the  varied  express'ons  of  personality,  all  types 
of  temperament,  all  methods  of  ministry;  it  was  unity  in  diversity,  a  creative 
fellowship  in  whose  radiance  human  souls  grew  luminous  and  powerful.  The 
same  spirit  was  visualized  in  a  meeting  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago  near 
Lancaster,  Pennsylvania.  The  picture  rises  before  us  today  with  a  new  luster 
and  beauty  of  significance.  The  occasion  was  a  great  meeting  appropriately 
held  on  VVhitsuntide.  The  gathering  of  the  people  and  the  character  of  the 
services  were  distinctively  Pentecostal.  People  of  high  and  low  degree,  and 
representing  almost  every  phase  of  belief  known  to  the  commonwealth  of 
Israel,  came  from  far  and  near  and  sat  under  the  spell  of  gospel  unity  in  that 
meeting.  Martin  Boehm,  of  the  Mennonite  Church,  was  the  Peter  of  the  occasion 
and  preached  with  such  unction  and  power  that  souls  were  swayed  like  trees 
in  the  grasp  of  a  mighty  tempest;  and  when  the  sermon  closed  on  the  high  tide 
of  spiritual  peace  and  power  Philip  William  Otterbein,  a  distinguished  divine 
and  noted  scholar  of  the  German  Reformed  Church,  threw  his  arms  about  the 
preacher  before  he  had  time  to  resume  his  seat,  and  tenderly  said,  "We  are 
brethren'' — and  the  United  Rrelhren   Church  was  born. 

Christian  brotherhood  is  not  a  mere  detail  in  the  religion  of  Jesus,  but  the 
essence  and  glory  of  the  gospel.  The  Church  is  a  fellowship,  and  the  sorest  need 
of  a  world  torn  by  war.  grown  gray -with  grief,  is  the  fellowship  of  humanity  in 
God  and  of  the  life  of  God  in  humanity.  We  rejoice  in  the  growth  and  increase 
of  the  spirit  of  sympathetic  and  fraternal  relations  among  the  various  com- 
munions that  compose  the  Protestant  forces  of  the  world.  This  is  the  blessed 
result  of  the  increasing  pressure  of  world  tasks  and  the  deepening  illumination 
of  the  spirit  of  love  in  the  hearts  of  men.  What  goal  will  be  finally  reached  in 
the  realm  of  ecclesiastical  organization  is  a  matter  of  speculation.  It  doth  not 
yet  appear  what  the  Church  is  going  to  be  in  external  form.  In  the  heart  of 
many  there  is  a  dream  of  a  day  when  in  all  the  world  there  will  be  one 
ecclesiastical  organization.  The  appeal  of  the  Lambeth  Conference  for  a 
reunited  Christendom  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  utterances  of  the  century. 
The  utterances  of  the  more  recent  Geneva  meeting  are  equally  remarkable. 
Such  i)roposaIs  would  liavc  l)een  out  of  harmony  with   the  spirit  of  any  other 

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era  duriiiij  the  past  I'lve  huiulrod  years.     These  unotVicial  appeals  arc  thiiiK  out 
upon  the  Christian  sea  as  an  adventure  of  pood-will  and  still  more  of  faith. 

Chureh  federation  is  now  a  fact.  Sectarianism,  which  means  c<)mi)etition 
and  not  cooperation,  bitterness  instead  of  brotherhood,  that  substitutes  the 
word  Denomination  for  the  world  inclusive  word  Kingdom,  thank  God.  is  a 
thing  of  the  past.  The  war  taught  us  that  men  can  cooperate  effectively  for 
great  ends  in  spite  of  their  differences  of  opinions  and  customs.  They  can  be 
inspired  by  the  same  spirit,  and  be  united  in  one  sovereign  purpose,  and  still 
ojder  their  Church  life  after  the  preferences  of  their  owfi  heart.  The  day  when 
in  all  the  world  there  will  be  but  one  ecclesiastical  organization  may  be  afar  off. 
The  union  of  Christians  in  a  single  organization  may  be  of  less  importance 
than  the  agreement  of  Christians'  in  the  proclamation  of  the  gospel.  Unity 
in  organization  is- not  so  important,  perhaps,  as  many  imagine.  God  seems  to 
love  variety  in  stars  and  flowers,  in  races  and  nations,  and  possibly  he  can 
best  work  out  his  will  through  a  variety  of  organizations.  The  unity  for 
which  Jesus  prayed  was  a  spiritual  unity,  a  unity  of  mind  and  heart,  of  purpose 
and  character.  That  prayer  is  being  progressively  fu! tilled.  While  the  provi- 
dential trend  of  the  hour  is  toward  closer  cooperation,  it  is  also  toward  the 
merging  of  certain  bodies  that  are  one  in  doctrine,  polity,  heart,  and  spirit,  and 
are  dift'erentiated  only  by  the  name.  That  sucli  a  union  would  be  for  the  glory 
of  God  and  the  larger  interest  of  his  kingdom  there  can  be  no  doubt.  We 
count  our  Church  dear  unto  us  only  for  the  sake  of  him  and  his  kingdom, 
and  any  and  every  denomination  should  l)e  willing  if  needs  be  to  lose  its  life  that 
Christ  may  find  his  in  the  world.  In  this  way  a  Church  will  find  its  final 
immortality. 

WORLD  PEACE 

Nineteen  centuries  ago,  the  shepherds,  watching  their  flocks  by  night  among 
the  hills  of  Judea,  were  stirred  by  a  cry  in  the  sky  from  angels'  lips  announcing 
the  coming  of  the  Prince  of  Peace.  That  song  of  peace  is  still  prophecy,  not  his- 
tory. Until  the  bringing  in  of  the  reign  of  the  Prince  of  Peace,  Christmas  wails. 
Those  living  upon  the  earth  November  11,  1918,  will  not  forget  the  thrill  of 
emotion  and  the  profound  gratitude  that  accompanied  the  announcement  that 
the  Armistice  had  been  signed,  and  the  greatest  of  all  wars  was  ended.  Many 
were  sustained  through  the  ordeal  by  the  hope  that  that  was  a  "war  to  end 
war."  But,  instead  of  a  new  world  as  we  had  dreamed,  we  are  in  a  world 
embittered  and  confused.  The  war  tempest  has  subsided,  but  the  ocean  still 
heaves  and  rolls  with  cresting  waves.  Lookinff  out  over  the  world  today,  so 
torn,  so  troubled,  so  gray  with  grief,  one  recalls  that  prayer  for  peace  by  an 
ancient  Greek  poet,  which  might  have  been  written  this  morning;  a  prayer 
which  only  the  spirit  of  Oue  who  was  trreater  than  the  Greeks  can  ever  answer: 
"From  the  murmur  and  subtlety  of  suspicion  with  him  which  we  vex  one  another, 
give  us  rest.  Alake  a  new  beginning,  and  mingle  again  the  kindred  of  the 
nations  in  the  alchemy  of  Love,  and  with  some  finer  essence  of  forbearance  and 
forgiveness  temper  our  mind." 

W'ar  is  earnestly  deprecated  and  peace  longingly  desired  by  all  good  men. 
The  Versailles  Council  was  a  step  in  the  interest  of  peace  and  fraternity.  What- 
ever else  of  good  to  mankind  may  be  the  outcome  of  the  council,  it  is  evident 
that  a  practical  application  of  the  principles  of  international  arbitration  is 
brought  nearer,  and  that  the  world  hereafter  will  be  more  closely  united  in 
common  honor,  interest  and  obligation,  in  behalf  of  the  common  good  of  the 
race.  But  so  long  as  governments  find  satisfaction  in  territory  and  wealth,  so 
long  as  they  look  with  pride  on  armaments,  and  with  exultation  on  foreign 
conquest — so  long  will  reorganization  of  sovereignties  to  preserve  peace  be  a 
vain  and  futile  thing.  There  must  be  the  conversion  of  the  public  mind  from  a 
material  to  a  spiritual  interpretatioi>  of  national  glory.  The  hearts  of  men 
must  be  changed — their  souls  converted.  They  must  rejoice  in  the  friendly 
rivalries  of  art  and  letters  and  not  in  the  hateful  rivalry  of  diplomacy.  They  must 
boast  their  poets  and  singers  and  benefactors,  not  their  soldiers  and  war 
ministers  and  kings.    They  must  find  their  prestige  in  a  hapiiy  people  at  honn  , 

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and  not  in  a  conquered  people  abroad.     The}'  must  seek  their  strength  in  the 
sword  of  the  spirit  and  not  in  the  sword  of  steel. 

Fear  has  done  its  worst.  Statesmanship  has  done  its  best.  Force  has 
done  all  it  can  do.  Unless  spiritual  inHuences  take  up  the  task,  softening  the 
bitterness  of  war,  and  weaving  a  better  spell  upon  the  human  mind,  our  hopes  of 
a  real  peace  are  frail  and  dim.  Force  has  failed.  Fear  has  failed.  Only  love 
remains,  and  "love  never  faileth,"  if  we  ha\e  the  daring  to  trj-  it.  Men  are 
coming  to  see  that  the  teaching  of  Jesus  is  not  an  iridescent  dream,  but  a 
necessity,  and  that  unless  it  rules  chaos  will  reign.  Bernard  Shaw  tells  us  that 
he  is  no  more  a  Christian  than  Pilate  was,  but  that  he  is  ready  to  admit,  that, 
after  contemplating  present  world  conditions,  he  can  see  no  way  out  except 
'"the  way  which  could  have  been  found  by  Christ's  will  and  love  if  he  had  under- 
taken the  work  of  a  modern  practical  statesman." 

Great  as  are  the  difficulties  which  confront  us,  our  grounds  for  confidence  are 
greater  still.  Because  war  is  old  and  gray  does  not  mean  that  it  will  always 
exist.  Noble  have  been  the  victories  of  war,  dethroning  sceptercd  iniquity,  and 
setting  the  enslaved  free.  Noble  must  be  the  victories  of  peace,  enthroaiing 
the  spirit  of  Christ  who  will  bring  pity  and  joy  back  to  the  common  ways  of 
life.  The  time  is  coming,  how  far  off  we  cannot  tell,  when  the  causes  of  war  and 
necessity  for  war  will  disappear  under  the  influence  of  the  gospel,  and  with 
them  war  itself  will  vanish  out  of  sia;ht.  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it.  The 
nations  will  turn  their  swords  into  plowshares  and  their  spears  into  pruning 
hooks.  The  dreadnaughts  that  now  ride  the  seas  shall,  unarmed,  bear  only 
messages  of  peace  and  good-will.  The  millions  in  uniform  who  now  stride  the 
bent  back  of  over-burdened  producers  shall  toil  as  fellow  reapers  at  their  side; 
when  government  everywhere  shall  he  administered  with  justice  and  in  mercy; 
when  the  federation  of  the  race  shall  be  achieved;  when  men  shall  know  and 
acknowledge  the  great  fact  that  God  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations — the 
fact  of  universal  brotherhood.  Christ  alone  can  efifectuate  the  parliament  of 
nations;  bring  to  pass  the  federation  of  the  world  and  perfect  peace. 

AN  URGENT  FUTURE 

With  a  full  faith  in  God  who  has  led  us  in  the  past  and  showered  his 
blessing  so  richly  upon  us,  let  us  go  forward  in  the  new  day  with  a  program  that 
will  meet  its  new  occasions  and  new  duties.  ''Wanted:  a  faith  for  a  task,"  cried 
a  forward  looking  saint  recently  fallen  asleep,  "a  faith  adequate  to  the  necessary 
undertaking  of  these  stupendous  times."  To  such  a  faith  must  be  added  a 
clarity  of  thought,  a  wisdom  of  iJ'atiercc,  and  a  daring  adventure  to  attempt 
great  things  for  God.  No  one  can  in  any  measure  appreciate  the  tremendous 
significance  of  the  years  just  before  us.  without  a  deepen'ng  conviction  that 
the  measure  of  service  the  Church  gives  to  the  world  during  the  period  covered 
by  the  legislation  enacted,  and  the  program  adopted  by  this  General  Conference, 
may  determine  a  century  of  the  world's  life  and  character. 

The  experiences  of  recent  years  have  taught  us  that  we  cannot  meet  a  big 
world  challenge  with  a  little  world  plan.  If  in  this  crisis  our  Cliurch  falters 
and  takes  a  backward  step,  her- apostasy  will  be  visited  upon  her  children,  and 
her  children's  children.  The  outstanding  features  of  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement  which  so  greatly  prolited  the  Church  must  be  conserved.  Its 
organizations  in  the  local  church  and  in  the  conferences  have  proven  to  be  in  the 
line  of  real  progress.  Moreover,  a  church  with  the  world  always  before  its 
eyes  and  on  its  heart  must  be  permanently  committed  to  intercession,  steward- 
ship, evangelism,  and  to  a  united  program  if  her  history  is  to  record  the  highest 
achievements. 

It  was  a  crisis  in  the  spiritual  history  of  the  first  disciples  after  they  had 
returned  from  the  Mount  of  Olives  and  were  assembled  in  the  upper  rc*oni  in 
Jerusalem.  They  were  facing  their  task— Christ's  task,  and  they  were  facing 
the  world.  How  easy  it  would  have  been  for  them  to  come  back  from  the 
Ascension  to  fold  their  hands  and  fall  to  dreaming;  to  give  themselves  oyer  to 
ecstasies  and  transports  of  thought.    On  the  contrary,  the  Church  was  in  the 

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upper  room  preparing  herself  for  action.  There  is  a  crisis  like  tiiat  for  us  just 
now.  Shall  this  General  Conference  end  in  a  line  frenzy  of  feeling,  in  a  masterly 
demonstration  of  interest,  in  the  enthusiasm  of  rumor  and  reports,  or  shall  it 
go  on  to  write  new  pages  in  the  I!ook  of  Acts  of  those  who  love  the  Lord. 
Shall  this  upper  room  of  our  privilege  be  a  place  of  dreams  and  promises,  of 
purposes  woven  into  the  fine,  cold  architecture  of  resolutions  and  legislation!  or 
shall  it  be  the  birth  place  of  action,  the  open  door  into  a  new  era  of  actual 
workmanship  for  Jesus  Christ  such  as  we  have  never  known  before? 

Long  ago  in  the  city  of  Florence  two  artists  lived  together,  both  of  them 
sculptors,  Michelangelo  and  Donatello.  Donatello  had  completed  his  great 
figure  of  Saint  George,  and  the  people  were  admiring  it  as  it  stood  in  front  of 
the  Church  of  San  Michele.  But  everybody  wanted  to  know  what  the  great 
Michelangelo  thought.  At  length  he  came  and,  looking  at  the  splendid  figure, 
every  limb  perfect,  every  line  complete,  the  face  lighted  almost  with  human 
intelligence,  the  I)row  uplifted  and  the  form  ])oised  as  if  it  would  step  forth  into 
life  just  as  you  may  have  seen  it  in  its  niche  today  in  the  Italian  gallery:  Look- 
ing still  upon  the  statue,  and  slowly  lifting  his  hand,  he  said:  "Xow  march!" 
It  is  our  Lord's  word  to  us,  and  he  is  pointing  out  the  way,  the  way  of  spiritual 
power,  the  way  of  prayer,  the  way  of  individual  service  and  personal  conse- 
cration, the  way  of  passion  for  the  winning  of  souls,  the  way  of  unity  of  spirit 
and  effort. 

A  FINAL  WORD 

We  have  been  deepi}'  conscious  of  the  presence  of  Christ  at  tiie  opening  of 
this  General  Conference.  Let  us  beseech  him  to  abide  with  us  throughout  all 
its  sessions;  that  we  may  live  with  him,  live  like  him  and  live  for  him  during 
these  days.  Faber  has  said,  "The  supernatural  value  of  an  action  taken  by  a 
church  assembly  depends  upon  the  degree  of  its  union  with  Christ  at  the  time 
the  action  was  taken.'  Therefore,  if  our  lives,  words,  and  acts  throughout  this 
General  Conference  are  to  possess  supernatural  value,  we  must  establish  and 
maintain  complete  union  with  him.  We  shall  then  see  things  in  true  per- 
spective; we  will  enter  upon  our  work  well  poised;  we  will  keep  diligent  when 
slow  plodding  is  necessarj';  we  will  have  wisdom  to  untie  knotty  problems;  we 
will  be  steadied  in  our  large  tasks:  proper  relations  to  each  other  will  be  main- 
tained; and  our  sessions  will  be  fairly  fragrant  with  the  presence  of  God. 

We  are  here  for  twelve  days.  We  shall  never  be  together  again  as  now. 
Our  time  is  short.  The  results  of  our  action  are  long.  In  a  little  while  we 
shall  go  out  again  on  the  errands  of  Christ,  in  hope  that  our  paths  of  counsel 
and  service  may  cross  at  many  pleasant  earthly  meeting  places;  but  that,  most 
of  all,  those  paths  may  all  at  last  converge  at  the  door-way  of  the  Father's 
House.  In  this  holy  hour  let  us  for  ourselves  and  for  our  whole  Church 
reverently  and  completely  rededicate  ourselves  to  God.  Let  us  read  again  our 
commission,  and  have  our  glorious  Lord  write  his  name  anew  on  our 
credentials. 

"Now  unto  Him  that  is  able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above  all  that  we 
ask  or  think,  according  to  the  power  that  worketh  in  us;  unto  Him  be  the  glory 
in  the  Churcli  and  in  Christ  Jesus  unto  all  generations  for  ever  and  ever. 
Amen.'' 

NICHOLAS  CASTLE,   (Emeritus). 

WILLIAM    M.   WEEKLEY,    (Emeritus), 

WILLIAM    M.    BELL, 

HENRY  H.  FOUT, 

CYRUS   J.   KEPHART, 

ALFRED  T.   HOWARD. 

WILLIAM    H.   WASHINGER. 


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Report  of  East  District 

Wii.i.iAM   M.  Bi  I.I..  Bisiioi' 

To  the  General  Officers  and  Delegates  assembled  in   the   28th   General 
Conference  of  the  Chnrch  of  the  United  Brethren  in  ('hrist. 

Beloved  Coworkers: 

During  the  first  year  of  the  quadrenniiun  now  ending  the  Flast 
District  was  comprised  as  follows:  The  Allegheny,  East  Pennsylvania, 
Erie,  East  Tennessee,  Florida,  Pennsylvania,  Virginia,  and  West  Vir- 
ginia Conferences. 

Under  the  enabling  act  and  by  concurrence  of  all  interested,  after 
the  first  year.  East  Tennessee  conference  was  united  with  West  Ten- 
nessee conference  and  the  supervisory  service  was  rendered  by  Bishop 
G.  M.  Mathews  of  Central  District.  With  the  exception  of  the  Florida 
conference  I  was  able  to  preside  for  all  the  sessions  of  the  annual  con- 
ferences notwithstanding  the  great  physical  crisis  through  which  I 
was  called  upon  to  pass.  The  Florida  conference  after  the  first  ses- 
sion indicated  a  preference  for  midwinter  sessions  and  this  made.it 
necessary  for  the  other  Bishops  to  preside  for  me  as  the  physicians 
had  ordered  me  to  avoid  the  eastern  winters.  Bishops  Kephart,  P^ut, 
and  Mathews  presided  most  accei)tably  for  the  three  sessions  which  I 
could  not  attend  placing  myself  and  the  conference  under  many  obliga- 
tions. 

STATUS  OF  THE  CHURCH 

At  the  beginning  of  the  quadrennium  there  were  1049  organized 
churches  within  the  Area;  at  the  close  1116,  a  gain  of  67.  At  the 
beginning  517  Itinerants;  at  the  close  527;  a  gain  of  8.  Members 
at  beginning  122,604,  at  close,  124,949,  gain  2345;  Christian  Endeavor 
at  beginning  26.S19;  at  close  2G,098;  loss  721.  Sunday  School  enroll- 
ment at  beginning,  160,012;  at  close  151,608;  loss  8404.  Pastor's 
salaries  at  the  beginning,  $411,304;  at  the  close  $654,224;  gain  $242,920. 
Local  church  expenses  at  the  beginning  $516,925;  at  close  $733,480; 
gain  $216,555.  At  the  beginning  for  General  Benevolences  and  Confer- 
ence Budgets,  $114,142;  at  close  including  United  Enlistment  Movement 
payments,  $185,162;  ^ain  $71,020.  At  beginning  total  for  all  purposes, 
$1,326,092;  at  close  $1,999,016:  gain  $672,918.00  At  beginning,  value 
of  church  houses  and  parsonages,  $5,960,577:  at  close,  $6,754,094;  gain 
$793,517.00, 

OUTSTANDING    ACHIEVEMENTS 

A  part  of  the  East  District  gave  cooperation  in  the  drive  for 
Otterbein  College.  I^banon  Valley  College  is  distinctly  an  enterprise 
of  the  District  and  the  drive  in  its  behalf  was  fully  successful,  increas- 
ing the  assets  of  the  institution  by  above  $400,00(1.00.  A  campaign 
was  also  successfully  carried  through  for  Shenandoah  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute which  was  also  fully  successful  and  increased  the  assets  of  the 
institution  by  above  $75,000.00.  In  all  these  movements  an  even  greater 
victory  than  securing  the  funds  came  in  the  sense  of  adequacy  and 
power  which  came  to  the  leaders  and  grouiw  everywhere  who  entered 


into  the  struggle  and  carried  on  to  victory.  All  of  our  institutions 
are  having  the  largest  student  bodies  of  their  entire  history  and  in 
every  instance  the  increase  of  facilities  is  absolutely  imperative. 

The  conviction  is  growing  in  the  rank  and  file  of  our  constituency 
and  membership  that  educational  policies  and  equipments  must  from 
now  onward  be  far  more  liberal  and  adequate.  Xo  solid  denominational 
or  national  life  without  unstinted  provision  for  education  under  the 
spirit  and  ideals  of  Jesus.  Far  too  small  a  percentage  of  our  churches 
are  represented  in  the  student  bodies  of  our  educational  institutions. 
This  is  not  because  we  do  not  have  children  and  youth  in  practically 
all  of  our  church  communities  who  would  do  well  under  the  privileges 
of  our  schools  of  higher  learning,  but  because  for  one  reason  and 
another  the  schools  are  not  within  their  reach.  This  matter  deserves 
the  serious  attention  of  this  General  Conference  and  of  our  people  of 
wealth  at  all  times.  No  better  investment  is  available  on  earth  than 
that  the  Church  locate  education  with  strong  Christian  character  on 
a  much  larger  number  of  our  young  people.  Our  people  in  the  Eastern 
Area  believe  in  theological  training  for  our  ministry  at  home  and 
abroad.  They  are  loyal  to  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary  and  are 
ready  to  afford  a  much  more  powerful  and  generous  support  to  it. 
They  wish  their  own  sons  and  daughters  to  help  fill  the  lists  of  her 
student  body  in  ever  increasing  numbers. 

THE  UNITED   ENLISTMENT  MOVEMENT 

In  all  the  great  objectives  of  this  movement  our  people  of  the 
east  have  full  sympathy.  There  was  a  measure  of  hesitation  as  to  the 
propriety  of  such  a  full  and  abrupt  change  of  program  in  the  middle 
of  a  quadrennium  rather  than  after  the  whole  matter  had  been  well 
considered  by  the  General  Conference  and  handed  down  from  that 
supreme  body  directly.  Our  Church  in  the  east  has  history,  age,  tim- 
bers, wealth,  intelligence,  and  full  organization.  These  features  are 
in  good  part  applicable,  to  our  Church  everywhere,  but  especially  in 
the  east  our  conferences  are  given  to  settled  policies  that  carry  through 
the  years  and  embrace  their  sense  of  dignity  and  responsibility. 
Naturally  when  they  were  asked  in  the  interval  between  General 
Conferences  to  cancel  their  well-wrought  plans  and  adopt  new  ones, 
there  was  a  measure  of  hesitation,  not  from  a  lack  of  loyalty  but  from 
the  sense  of  care,  deliberation,  and  self  determination.  After  due 
consideration  of  all  involved  every  conference  of  the  District  in  the 
sessions  last  fall  made  the  askings  of  the  U.  E.  M.  the  conference 
budgets  and  payments  are  coming  in  at  a  ^ood  rate.  All  the  askings 
are  not  fully  underwritten  by  individuals  and  churches  but  the  proc- 
esses are  on  and  the  loyalty  of  the  District  is  beyond  question.  In 
every  aspect  the  showing  submitted  in  this  report  has  been  vastly 
improved  since  last  fall  when  these  summaries  were  'assembled.  In 
all  my  more  than  forty  years  experience  in  the  work  of  the  Church 
I  never  witnessed  such  a  geneVal  distribution  of  evangelistic  power 
and  fruitfulness  as  has  been  in  evidence  during  the  last  winter  and 
early  spring  in  the  Eastern  Area.  To  God  be  all  the  praise  forever  and 
forever.  About  one  in  eight  of-  the  pastors  have  the  full  askings  of  the 
II.  E.  M.  subscribed  with  collections  in  full  assured  and  the  pastor 
of  one  church  where  this  achievement  means  between  eight  and  nine 
thousand  dollars  says  in  his  report  that  "It  can  be  done  in  any 
church  if  paytor  and  officials  do  their  part."  ,  : 

OUINCY  ORPHANAGE  AND  HOME 

This  institution  is  now  so  fully  established  in  the  good  will  of  all 
our  people  and  of  a  host  of  liberal  persons  outside  of  our  own  Cliurch, 
that  the  necessary  funds  are  coming  in  with ,  increased  amplitude. 
The  Home  includes  a  community  of  about  150  persons  and  this  means 


a  Christian  ministry  that  comforts  the  aged  ami  protects  and  edu- 
cates the  young.  In  each  instance  these  persons  would  he  sufferers, 
more  or  less  adrift  in  the  social  order  with  a  measure  of  blame  attached 
to  the  Church  for  failing  to  do  throiigh  cooperative  service  what  is 
easily  within  her  power  to  do.  Bonds  for  $T5,ouo.i)U  have  recently 
been  placed  on  the  market,  the  proceeds  from  sales  being  devoted  to 
the  erection  of  a  much  needed  additional  building.  The  annual  Christ- 
mas offering  in  the  churches  for  the  Home  now  totals  many  thousands 
of  dollars  and  the  growth  in  the  sum  total  from  year  to  year  is  most 
gratifying  and  assures  the  future  of  the  Institution  in  ever  enlarging 
service. 

SPIRITUAL  LIFE 

It  is  most  refreshing  to  find  our  churches  in  this  original  area 
of  our  denominational  existence  maintaining  carefully  a  full  emphasis 
upon  experimental  Christianity.  Young  and  old  unite  in  exalting  the 
power  of  Jesus  in  conscious  salvation  and  many  of  the  assemblages  for 
worship  are  characterized  by  a  warmth  and  heartiness  that  is  deeply 
heartening.  Our  people  as  they  have  revealed  themselves  to  me  in 
these  four  years  have  impressed  me  with  the  fact  that  they  consider 
Christianity  as  far  more  than  a  formality  expressed  in  a  static  creed 
on  stated  occasions.  They  know  Christianity  as  daily  communion 
with  God,  as  daily  atmosphere  affording  inspiration  for  every  activ- 
ity. Their  sturdy  adherence  to  the  sovereignty  of  Jesus  in  the  inner 
life  makes  the  type  of  religion  set  forth  by  Bliss  Carman  in  the  words: 

"They're  praising  God  on  Sunday. 

They'll  be  all  right  on  Monday. 

It's  just  a  little  habit  they've  acquired." 

appear  as  cheap  i>arody.  These  good  people  have  demonstrated  to 
me  that  their  religion  is  vastly  more  than  a  superficial  Sunday  observ- 
ance, "a  little  habit."  Their  passion  for  Jesus  and  the  Church  has 
caused  me  to  recall  the  words  of  Harry  Fosdick  when  he  says:  "F'or 
true  discipleship  to  Jesus  is  the  opposite  of  spasmodic  conventionality. 
We  are  even  wrong  when  we  call  our  public  worship  on  Sunday  'church 
service.'  Church  service  really  begins  on  Monday  morning  at  seven 
o'clock  and  lasts  all  the  week.  Church  service  is  helpfulness  to  people; 
public  worship  is  preparation  for  it.  For  the  church  service  which  the 
Master  illustrated  and  approved  is  a  life  of  ministry  amid  the  dust 
and  din  of  daily  business  in  a  sacrificial  conflict  for  a  Christian  world." 

BISHOP'S  RESIDENCE 

Included  in  the  period  of  my  serious  illness  was  the  entrance  of 
the  United  States  into  the  World  War,  and  our  experience  with  rentals 
in  the  Capital  of  the  Nation,  in  which  place  alone,  when  we  needed 
a  home,  was  not  even  a  rented  property  to  be  had.  Stating  my  troubles 
one  day  to  4^hat  eminent  servant  of  God,  Congressman  A.  S.  Kreider, 
he  said  to  me,  "Something  must  be  done.  Wait  until  1  go  through 
Harrisburg  and  see  what  can  be  done."  1  waited  and  he  went  through 
Harrisburg.  Since  that  day  there  has  been  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Bishop  of  the  Eastern  Area  and  his  family  such  a  home  as  makes 
weary  people  think  of  heaven. 

The  Annual  Conferences  of  last  fall  promptly  took  action  approv- 
ing the  purchase  of  the  Harrisburg  residence  and  arranged  for  a 
trusteeship  of  the  property  as  also  for  the  full  payment  of  cost  and 
m.aintenance  of  same.  Many  callers,  some  of  whom  were  of  national 
standing,  have  expressed  unstinted  praise  for  such  enterprise  and  HIkm" 
ality  as  has  found  expression  in  this  good  property.  It  has  been  an 
essential  part  of  my  advocacy  of  this  property  that  like  provision   be 


made  by  each  Bishop's  Area,  for  each  conference  superintendent  and 
general  officer  of  the  Church.  God  speed  the  day  when  such  essential 
equipment  of  our  denominational  life  shall  obtain.  It  affords  me 
pleasure  to  state  that  the  Allegheny  conference  has  already  provided 
for  a  superintendent's  residence  located  at  Johnstown,  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  senior  superintendent  of  the  Eastern  Area,  Dr.  J.  S.  Fulton  is 
now  occupying  the  residence.  Profound  gratitude  is  hereby  tendered 
to  many  individuals  and  churches  for  the  furnishings  of  the  Bishop's 
residence  at  Harrisburg  thereby  adding  to  the  value  of  the  i)roperty 
and  doing  away  with  the  necessity  of  moving  furnishings  either  to  or 
from  the  home.  Particular  mention  of  such  generosity  has  been  made 
in  The  Telescope  from  time  to  time.  May  God  who  keeps  the  books 
reward  and  bless  each  generous  donor. 

AND  NOW  FINALLY 

No  Bishop  could  ask  for  a  more  loyal  and  kindly  people  than 
those  who  have  gathered  about  the  writer  during  the  last  four  years. 
Words  fail  me  as  to  the  fidelity  of  Fulton  in  Allegheny,  Enck  in  East 
Pennsylvania,  Statton  of  Pennsylvania,  Hammack  of  Virginia,  Showers 
■of  Erie,  Foster,  Pritchard,  and  Slaughter,  of  West  Virginia,  Smith  of 
Florida.  Their  names  are  in  the  Book  of  Life  and  in  the  memory  of 
the  man  who  gives  signature  to  these  lines,  to  remain  forever.  My 
relations  with  all  the  general  officers  of  the  Church  have  been  so 
gracious  that  I  am  in  debt  to  them  all  far  more  than  I  can  ever  tell. 
To  the  hundreds  of  faithful  pastors  who  have  given  a  mighty  allegiance 
to  Jesus,  the  people,  and  the  Church  of  our  deepening  covenants  I 
offer  the  full  mead  of  praise.  To  the  hosts  of  great  laymen  who  have 
rallied  under  every  challenge  and  to  the  last  and  least  of  all  our  hosts 
I  tender  my  most  profound  thanks.  May  grace  here,  and  heaven  there 
be  their  high  reward.  My  all  but  fatal  illness  during  the  quadrennium 
brought  me  to  the  other  world  preludes.  The  mists  of  eternity  were 
upon  my  face,  with  Jesus  and  dear  ones  near  by,  so  that  I  wanted 
to  go  on  through,  but  Jesus  heard  the  volume  of  prayer  and  suffered 
continuance  below  for  a  time.  Pray  for  me  that  this  imperative  of 
brevity  in  the  while  that  remains  shall  be  duly  sensed  and  improved. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

William    M.    Bell, 
Bishop  of  East  District. 


Report  of  Central  District 


To    TlIK    DKI.Kt;AIIS    (i|-      I  hi;    OiKM  ism.    CuNKHtKNCK. 

Fellow  Bishops  and  Brethren: 

In  reporting  to  yon  the  achievements  on  the  Central  District  for  the 
qnadrennium  just  closing,  it  may  he  helpful  to  remind  you  that  this 
territory  covers  much  historic  ground  in  which  the  foundations  of  the 
United  Brethren  Church  were  laid  by  our  i)ioneer  fathers.  It  is  a 
part  of  the  great  Western  Empire  in  which  the  foundations  of  our 
national  and  denominational  life  were  planted  on  the  principles  of 
education,  morality,  and   freedom. 

We  have  a  rich  galaxy  of  illustrious  names  connected  with  our 
early  Church  history. 

Bishop  Christian  Xewcomer,  a  mighty  man  of  God,  came  westward 
over  the  Allegheny  Conference  and  presided  over  the  first  session  of 
Miami  Conference  held  in  Michael  Crider's  home,  Ross  County,  Ohio, 
in  1810.  Miami  Conference  then  included  the  territory  afterwards 
occupied  by  ?cioto  and  Muskingum  conferences,  now  the  territory  of 
East  Ohio,  Southeast  Ohio,  and  a  part  of  Sandusky  Conferences.  It 
also  extended  into  the  State  of  Indiana. 

When  Xewcomer  first  saw  this  land,  he  exclaimed,  "Oh,  what  a 
countiy  this  will  be  in  a  half  century!" 

Other  heroes  were  associated  with  Bishop  Newcomer  in  home 
missionary  extension  such  as  (Jeorge  Benedum,  of  Lancaster,  Ohio; 
Dewalt  Methlin,  Lewis  Cramer,  John  Smaltz,  Bishop  Heistand,  of 
Canal  Winchester;  Andrew  Zeller,  Jacob  Antrim,  .loseph  Hoffman,  of 
Germantown  and  Lewisburg;  Henry  Kumler  Sr.,  of  Milton ville;  Aaron 
Farmer  and  Christian  Flinchpaugh.  and  others  who  waded  swamps 
on  horseback,  preached  on  stumps,  in  hams,  and  open  fields  amid  the 
howling  of  wolves  and  the  war  whoops  of  Indians. 

William  Davis,  "the  old  man  eloquent."  Dr.  .John  George  Pfrimmer, 
who  wf-ought  in  Indiana,  John  Burgner,  Jacob  Baulus.  and  Alexander 
Biddle  wlfo  settled  in  the  "Black  Swamps"  near  P'remont,  Ohio,  and 
John  Calvin  McXamar,  of  Greene  County,  Ohio,  were  also  remarkable 
Church  pioneers.  McXamar  was  the  first  English  preacher  of  the 
denomination.  He  was  the  first  one  to  introduce  a  financial  plan  for 
the  local  church.  Dr.  J.  G.  Pfrimmer  came  west  and  settled  in  Harrison 
County,  Indiana,  near  Corydon.  He  was  a  physician  and  preax>her 
of  note.  He  organized  the  first  Sunday  school  in  the  denomination, 
and  erected  the  first  I'nited  Brethren  church  west  of  the  Ohio  river, 
about  1820. 

Such  leaders  as  Bishcp  Jonathan  Weaver,  David  Edwards,  William 
Hanby,  J.  S.  Mills,  Revs.  J.  C.  Bright,  William  Rliiiiehart.  W.  J.  Shuey. 


D.  Berger,  Wm.  McKee,  D.  R.  Miller,  John  Kemp,  Jacob  Emrick,  John 
Walters,  C.  J.  Burkert,  J.  L.  Swain,  and  others  form  a  galaxy  of  illus- 
trious men  who  grace  the  history  of  our  Church. 

The  organization  of  the  Home,  Frontier,  and  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  at  the  General  Conference  at  Miltonville,  Ohio,  and  the 
removal  of  the  printing  establishment  from  Circleville  to  Dayton,  Ohio, 
marked  important  events  in  the  histoi-y  of  our  denomination  in  this 
territory. 

The  rise  and  growth  of  our  Church  and  its  present  achievements 
in  this  section  are  sufficient  to  inspire  genuine  denominational  pride 
and  loyalty. 

Following  the  last  General  Conference  the  Central  District  leaders 
with  heroic,  intelligent  planning  and  enthusiasm  began  to  take  up 
Christian  education.  Evangelism,  publishing  interests  and  all  other 
departmental  aims  and  push  them  towards  success. 

During  the  quadrennium  at  the  conferences  from  the  oi)ening  day 
to  the  closing  of  each  conference,  the  rising  tide  of  intelligent  interest 
and  cooperation  passed  beyond  anything  the  writer  has  ever  witnessed 
before  in  the  years  of  his  administration.  The  United  Enlistment 
Movement  has  overshadowed  every  other  consideration  in  this  crucial 
and  challenging  period. 

Great  emphasis  was  placed  upon  the  need  of  a  perfect  organiza- 
tion of  the  local  church  as  well  as  the  stewardship  of  life  and  material 
possessions. 

The  unity  and  fellowship  that  has  characterized  all  the  conference 
sessions  during  the  quadrennium  were  due  to  the  faith,  heroism  and 
generosity  called  forth  by  the  goals,  programs  and  cooperative  efforts 
of  the  United  Enlistment  Movement,  whose  challenging  appeals  stirred 
the  best  thought  and  life  of  the  Church. 

Then  the  leaders  came  feeling  the  necessity  of  placing  spiritual 
achievements  above  mere  money  getting.  They  saw  that  an  awakened 
church  is  necessary  to  successful  soul  winning  in  connection  with  the 
release  and  consecration  of  material  possessions. 

The  conference  organization  perfected  with  territorial  groups, 
headed  by  leaders,  who  with  the  Bishop  and  conference  superinten- 
dents, form  councils  of  administration,  have  yielded  the  best  results 
ever  secured  on  the  Central  District. 

Two  State  Conferences  wei-e  among  the  best  of  the  kind  ever  held. 
The  entire  State  planning  and  acting  as  a  unit  had  added  power  and 
influence.  In  all  these  larger  gatherings  the  consensus  of  opinion  by 
all  our  conference  leaders  was  that  the  fundamental  need  above  all 
our  plans  and  finances  is  the  vitalization  of  our  local  churches  and 
such  an  awakening  as  shall  inspire  great  fellowship,  generosity  and 
passion  for  souls. 

The  local  church  is  the  unity  whose  development  is  vital  to  the 
realization  of  our  goals  and  aims.  The  pastor  and  his  key  workers  will 
solve  the  problem. 


Special  point  of  interest  that  may  be  mentioned  is  the  union  of 
the  two  Tennessee  Conferences  into  one  increasingly  vigorous  confer- 
ence. The  results  already  prove  the  wisdom  of  this  merger.  Our 
Kentucky  territory  was  divided  for  more  convenient  supervision,  the 
northern  portion  being  assigne<l  to  the  Indiana  Conference,  the  South- 
ern to  Tennessee. 

The  launching  and  practical  consummation  of  a  movement  to  gather 
$400,000  for  Otterbein  College,  four  hundred  students,  and  one  hundred 
workers  trained  for  ministry,  missions  and  education  in  its  territory, 
is  notable  evidence  of  the  s;i-owing  strength  of  the  denomination  in 
this  area  also. 

Bible  study  under  the  Seminary  Extension  plan  has  convinced  the 
most  of  the  leaders  that  it  should  receive  more  and  more  emphasis 
as  a  vital  element  in  the  life  and  thought  and  power  of  our  churches. 
The  Bible  is  the  greatest  weapon  in  the  hands  of  the  Church  and  men 
and  women  should  be  trained  to  use  mightily  the  sword  of  the  Spirit. 

Great  .ioy  and  enthusiasm  came  to  our  constituency  over  the  victory 
of  a  dry  Ohio.  Let  us  now  go  forward  with  a  program  to  carry  the 
gospel  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

In  examining  the  statistics  that  the  conference  superintendents 
so  painstakingly  reported  in  answer  to  a  questionnaire  sent  out  by 
Bishop  Mathews,  one  feels  the  solid  strength  of  the  great  con>pact 
body  of  83,221  believers  in  the  Central  District,  a  force  whose  322 
pastoral  leaders  can,  when  the  occasion  demands  it,  easily  be  called 
together  for  counsel  and  aggressive  planning. 

One  wishes  his  ear  were  more  keen  that  he  might  be  able  to 
actually  hear  the  16,145  young  people  in  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society 
saying  week  by  week,  "I  promise  to  pray  and  read  the  Bible  every 
day." 

How  it  must  have  stirred  the  heart  of  Bishop  Mathews  to  see  the 
little  children,  young  men  and  women,  sturdy  men  and  women  in  middle 
life,  and  the  grandpas  and  grandmas  included  in  the  great  Sunday- 
school  group  of  97,942  persons  in  the  Central  District. 

If  our  eyes  fail  to  see  other  things,  they  should  not  fail  to  see 
the  fruitful  opportunities  in  the  Sunday  school  that  are  illustrated 
by  the  ,14,135  persons,  presumably  children  who  have  come  into  the 
Church  from  the  Sunday  school. 

One  sees  in  these  statistics  back  of  the  figures  the  faithful  women 
who,  through  the  Women's  Missionary  Association,  gave  $74,376  for 
missions  at  home  and  abroad. 

The  people  in  the  conferences  evidently  appreciate  their  conference 
superintendents  as  they  have  increased  their  salaries  from  ten  percent 
to  ninety-five  percent,  the  average  is  just  a  little  over  fifty  percent. 

And  so  far  as  percentages  go,  the  people  have  done  still  better  by 
their  pastors,  as  the  average  gain  here  is  sixty-seven  percent. 

One's  denominational  chest  rises  a  bit  higher  when  he  reads  that 
the  value  of  church  houses  on  this  Central  District  has  increased 
from  $3,345,898  to  the  handsome  sum  of  $4,181,011,  a  gain  of  $835,113. 


Far  above  the  property  gains  are  the  eternal  values  represented 
by  the  34,320  persons  \\ho  have  during  these  four  years  come  into  the 
Church  and  taken  its  vows. 

Some   Things   That   Need   Continued   Stress   and    Re-emphasis 

1.  A  denominational  wide  campaign  for  evangelism  that  enlists 
every  Bishop,  conference  superintendent,  pastor,  and  Sunday-school 
worker  throughout  the  whole  church  constituency. 

Arouse  and  enrich  the  membership,  and  they  will  joyously  and 
generously  make  offerings  to  meet  the  goals  and  demands  of  the  New 
Era.     A  rich,  full  life  in  Christ  will  fill  our  Church  treasuries. 

2.  The  churches  will  reach  the  maximum  of  power,  when  there  is 
a  vast  army  of  stewardship  tithers,  who  work,  and  pray,  and  give 
according  to  God's  will. 

3.  Intercession  for  life  recruits,  and  a  definite  choice  for  specific 
life  work  is  the  need  of  the  hour. 

4.  In  these  days  of  luxury,  and  grasping  for  wealth,  self-sacrifice, 
under  the  impulse  of  Christ,  for  the  bleeding  causes  of  the  Kingdom, 
will  bring  in  triumphant  and  blessed  times. 

The  folhowing  paragraph  written  by  this  United  Brethren  Great 
Heart  may  well  come  at  the  close  of  a  life  as  well  as  at  the  close  of  a 
report: 

"With  gratitude  to  God  for  the  many  kindnesses  of  the  brethren 
of  all  the  conferences,  and  in  appreciation  of  the  inspiring  fellowships 
of  the  general  officers  that  drew  me  closer  to  our  beloved  Zion,  and  the 
Master,  I  promise  to  enter  into  a  covenant  with  all,  to  make  the 
coming  year  the  best,  and  richest  and  happiest,  for  His  glory,  and  in 
His  name." 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Alfred   T.   Howard    for 
Bishop   G.    M.   Mathews. 


Report  of  Northwest  District 

H.   H.  FoiT.   Bishop 

To  THK   DkLKCATKS  OF  TIIK  GkNKKAI,  CoNIKKENCK. 

Dear  Fathers  and  Brethren: 

In  obedience  to  the  order  of  the  Church  I  now  submit  to  you  my 
quadrennial  report.  I  am  more  grateful  to  God  than  I  can  ever  express 
for  health  and  strength  with  which  to  meet  the  duties  and  responsi- 
bilities involved  in  your  commission.  Service  for  the  kingdom  of  God 
and  for  the  Church  of  our  choice  has  been  a  joy  beyond  description, 
and  I  submit  this  report  in  the  keen  appreciation  of  service  privilege 
and  the  love  and  friendship  of  my  associates  to  whom  large  credit 
is  due  for  whatever  success  has  been  achieved. 

The  five  states  comprising  the  Northwest  District  are  in  the  heart 
of  the  old  "Northwest  Territory" — an  empire  wrung  by  our  fathers 
from  forest  gloom  and  prairie  solitudes,  and  by  them  dedicated  for- 
ever to  human  liberty — civil  and  religious.  An  empire  reclaimed  and 
peopled  by  a  mighty  population — eighteen  millions  in  number — in  whose 
veins  leap  and  course  the  mingled  blood  of  every  civilized  nation 
beneath  the  sun,  an  empire  athrill  with  the  heart-throb  and  purpose 
of  twentieth  century  enterprise,  rising  by  sublime  impulse  to  the  high 
levels  of  twentieth  century  opportunity.  The  field  presents  a  great 
task  and  a  mighty  challenge  to  American  Protestantism. 

In  presenting  this  report,  it  is  understood  that  I  am  not  to  worry 
you  by  entering  into  the  details  of  the  Church's  activities  during  the 
quadrennium.  While  not  all  has  been  accomplished  that  we  so  much 
desired,  there  are  nevertheless  abundant  reasons  for  encouragement 
in  the  progress  that  has  been  made.  The  first  impression  that  stands 
out  in  my  own  thought  in  attempting  a  review  of  my  personal  work 
during  these  unforgetable  years  is  that  of  the  variety  of  experiences 
caused  by  war  conditions.  The  last  thing  one  is  tempted  to  say 
of  the  quadrennium  is  to  accuse  it  of  being  monotonous  and  tame.  If 
the  importance  of  a  quadrennium  is  correctly  measured  by  its  needs 
and  opportunities  for  service,  then  the  period  covered  by  this  report 
probably  has  never  been  equaled,  much  less  excelled. 

PROGRESS 

On  the  whole  the  work  in  the  district  during  the  four  years  would 
be  called  intensive  rather  than  extensive.  It  has  been  a  period  of 
consolidation  rather  than  large  advance.  A  Church  consciousness  is 
being  created.  The  United  Enlistment  and  similar  movements  are 
ushering  in  a  new  day.     The  best  word  that  can  be  spoken  for  the  dis- 


trict  is  that  during  these  four  years  the  Church  has  made  some  progress 
in  membership  and  phenominal  advance  in  its  working  capital.  By 
the  mercy  of  God  the  area  represents  a  larger  United  Brethren  Church, 
with  larger  assets  and  a  wider  sweep  of  influence  than  at  any  other 
time  in  its  history.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  boundaries  of  the 
district  were  changed  four  years  ago.  Iowa  and  Montana  Conferences 
being  detached,  and  Indiana  Conference  attached  to  the  Northwest 
District.  By  an  enabling  act  granted  by  the  last  General  Conference 
the  Lower  Wabash  and  Northern  Illinois  Conferences  were  united.  The 
combined  territory  now  constitutes  the  Illinois  Conference. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  quadrennium  the  communicant  member- 
ship of  the  district  was  86,80G.  At  the  close  of  the  series  of  conferences 
last  autumn,  it  was  88,618,  an  increase  of  1812.  The  following  confer- 
ences reported  gains:  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  White  River  and  St.  Joseph. 
Wisconsin  had  a  ten  percent  gain,  with  Illinois  as  a  close  second.  It  is 
gratifying  to  note  that  during  the  first  six  months  of  the  present 
year  there  were  above  five  thousand  additions  to  the  churches  of  the 
district.  God  is  now  working  among  the  churches.  Unusual  victories 
are  being  reported,  and  reassuring  proofs  are  at  hand  that  the  mightiest 
revival  and  spiritual  conquest  the  district  has  ever  registered  is  just 
before  us.  Churches  were  e&tablished  in  the  following  centers  during 
the  quadrennium:  Louisville,  Ky.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Port  Wayne, 
Ind.,  Peoria,  111.,  Rockford,  111.,  Sterling,  111.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Reedsburg. 
Wis.,  Rochester,  Minn.,  and  Benton  Harbor,  Mich. 

EDUCATION 

Two  outstanding  movements  in  the  district  during  the  quadrennium 
were  the  Educational  and  the  United  Enlistment  Movement.  I  have 
given  to  both  the  full  measure  of  my  sympathy  and  as  large  a  degree 
of  service  as  my  strength  and  other  duties  would  permit.  There  is 
but  one  institution  of  learning  in  the  district.  Indiana  Central  College, 
located  at  Indianapolis  is  the  youngest  of  our  colleges,  having  been 
founded  fourteen  years  ago.  The  State  of  Indiana  has  done  itself  proud 
by  the  support  given  its  colleges  within  recent  years.  The  value  of 
the  property  and  endowment  of  the  school  eight  years  ago  was  $67,793. 
Its  value  of  property  and  endowment  four  years  ago  was  $172,000. 
During  the  past  quadrennium  the  value  of  its  property  and  endowment 
has  grown  to  $547,000.  'This  achievement  of  itself  would  be  sufficient 
to  make  a  quadrennium  of  our  work  in  the  State  immortal.  Within 
recent  years  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  Conferences  have  voted  cooperation 
with  this  growing  institution  of  learning  giving  it  a  constituency  of 
eighty-five  thousand  of  our  Church  membership.  The  overshadowing 
demands  are  upon   us  for  more  buildings  and   increased  equipment. 

UNITED    ENLISTMENT    MOVEMENT  ^ 

In  addition  to  the  supervision  of  the  work  generally,  special  em- 
phasis during  the  past  two  years  was  placed  on  those  activities  in 
conferences,   districts   and   local    churches   that   related   to    the    United 


Enlistment  Movement.  Nothing  else  equal  to  it  was  ever  planned  or 
achieved  by  the  Church.  While  the  goal  has  not  been  reached,  it  is 
gratifying  that  about  eighty  percent  of  the  apportionment  has  been 
subscribed  and  the  securing  of  the  other  twenty  percent  will  be 
achieved.  I  am  convinced  that  the  morale  and  spiritual  life  of  our 
forces  register  much  higher  as  the  result  of  this  achievement.  It  is 
my  firm  conviction  that  no  greater  blessing  could  ever  come  to  a 
church  than  the  discovery  of  what  it  can  do  as  our  Educational  and 
United  Enlistment  Movement  have  revealed  it  to  the  Church.  Moreover, 
the  future  of  the  Church  that  has  caught  a  vision  of  stewardship  and 
intercession  for  the  whole  world  seems  to  me  much  surer  and  larger 
than  its  present. 


FINANCIAL  ADVANCE 

The  only  phase  of  the  work  in  which  there  is  an  undiminished 
and  excelerated  gain  is  the  financial.  This  of  itself  has  made  the 
quadrennium  epochal.  Four  years  ago  the  district  paid  for  the  support 
of  its  ministers  $316,181.00.  This  year  it  will  pay  approximately 
$500,000.00.  Four  years  ago  it  paid  $59,631.00  to  the  General  Benevolence 
Budget.  Last  year  it  paid  $247,702.00.  Four  years  ago  the  district 
paid  for  all  purposes  $764,947.00.  Last  year  it  paid  $1,285,8.56.00.  Four 
years  ago  we  had  $2,710,000  invested  in  church  houses.  Last  year. 
$3,631,526.00.  Four  years  ago  we  had  $456,355.00  invested  in  parsonages. 
Last  year  $753,130.  While  there  seems  to  be  a  decrease  of  eighty  in 
the  number  of  Sunday  schools,  and  of  thirteen  thousand  in  the  enroll- 
ment, the  offerings  of  the  schools  last  year  were  forty-five  percent  above 
those  of  four  years  ago.  The  same  is  largely  true  of  our  Christian 
Endeavor  work.  These  organizations  have  done  intensive  rather  than 
extensive  work,  and  the  results  are  seen  in  an  increased  number  of 
qualified  teachers  and  life-work  recruits. 

THE  MINISTRY 

The  problem  of  a  ministry  for  the  Church  of  tomorrow  is  a  very 
serious  challenge  to  the  faith  and  prayers  of  our  people.  A  church 
cannot  live  without  an  adequate  ministry.  It  lies  back  of  all  success- 
ful missionary  enterprises.  To  the  discovery  and  development  of  these 
leaders  the'  Church  must  devote  its  prayers  and  support.  The  field 
is  vast,  the  problems  are  many  but  a  great  future  is  before  us  if  we 
"are  wise,  consecrated,  and  courageous.  It  is  gratifying  that  more  of 
our  laymen  are  actively  and  intelligently  engaged  in  the  work  of  the 
kingdom  than  ever  before.  Pastors  have  an  enlarged  vision,  and  to 
consecration  has  been  added  more  efficient  methods.  Our  ministers 
as  a  rule  have  given  loyal  support  to  our  periodical  literature.  The 
vital  relation  of  our  literature  to  the  progress  of  the  Church  in  all 
of  its  undertakings  is  having  a  finer  appreciation,  and  a  larger  recogni- 
tion. While  the  district  receives  its  proportionate  quota  of  Religious 
Telescopes,  the  circulation  is  yet  far  below  the  standard  that  our  cause 
demands. 


For  the  visitation  and  help  of  the  General  Officers  at  the  confer- 
ences and  on  the  field,  I  am  deeply  grateful.  I  have  a  sincere  apprecia- 
tion of  the  warm  personal  friendship  and  cooperation  of  the  conference 
superintendents  to  whom  large  credit  is  due  for  whatever  success  has 
been  achieved.  I  have  nothing  but  words  of  praise  for  our  pastors 
without  whom  we  would  have  utterly  failed  in  our  undertakings.  With 
but  few  exceptions  they  have  been  faithful.  I  have  a  growing  appre- 
ciation of  the  character  of  our  membership.  It  is  such  as  to  reflect 
credit  on  any  denomination  and  upon  the  cause  at  large.  We  have 
a  growing  number  of  business  laymen  who  take  their  place  in  the  front 
ranks  of  our  church  enterprises.  I  count  it  a  rare  privilege  to  have 
been  associated  with  them  in  the  work  of  the  quadrennium. 

In  the  spring  of  1919  I  accepted  an  appointment  on  a  commission 
to  visit  the  Near  East,  and  especially  the  Armenian  districts  of  the 
Turkish  Empire  in  the  Interest  of  the  great  and  good  work  that  is 
being  done  by  our  Government  and  so  splendidly  supplemented  by  our 
Sunday  schools  for  the  relief  of  the  naked  and  hungry  multitudes  of 
those  oppressed  lands.  The  step  was  not  taken  without  first  counsel 
ing  with  my  associates  in  office  and  securing  their  advice.  Nothing 
but  a  great  cause  and  an  exceptional  opportunity  to  serve  humanity 
could  have  taken  me  away  for  five  months  for  outside  service,  during 
that  busy  year. 

In  concluding  this  report  I  desire  to  make  most  grateful  record 
of  the  patience,  kindness  and  cooperation  of  ministers  and  laymen 
throughout  each  of  the  conferences  during  these  strenuous  years.  We 
have  had  a  good  time  together.     God  bless  them  all. 


Report  of  Southwest  District 

Cyrus  J.   Kephart,  Bishop. 


To  TlIK  DKl.KGAaKS  OF  TIIF.  Gk.NKUAI.  CoNb-KRKXC'K. 

Dear  Coworkers: 

The  Southwest  District  as  constituted  by  the  General  Conference  of 
1917,  embraces  the  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Colorado,  Oklaho- 
ma, New  Mexico,  and  Louisiana  conferences,  the  Iowa  conference  being 
added  to  the  district  at  that  session,  and  the  Colorado  and  New  Mexico 
conferences  being  constituted  mission  conferences  at  the  same  session. 
Oklahoma  conference  has  one  charge  in  Texas,  and  four  in  Arkansas, 
the  latter  organized  during  the  quadrennium. 


MEMBERSHIP. 

As  has  been  the  case  with  the  denomination  at  large,  the  quadren- 
nium on  the  district  has  been  one  of  considerably  less  ingathering  than 
was  the  preceding  quadrennium,  though  sufficient  to  justify  hope  of  at 
least  some  actual  increase.  I  am  sorry  to  have  to  say,  however,  that 
comparison  of  statistical  reports  shows  a  decrease  in  membership  of 
2966. 

There  are  probably  several  reasons  for  this  decrease.  First,  no 
doubt,  the  efforts  for  increase  have  not  been  as  fruitful,  perhaps  not 
as  earnest  and  efficient  as  they  should^  have  been.  But  there  are  other 
reasons.  Prominent  among  them  the  discontinuation  of  a  number  of 
rural  charges,  consequent  upon  removal  of  our  people,  and  their  settle- 
ment in  towns  and  cities  where,  either  we  do  not  operate,  or  where  our 
equipment  for  service,  or  our  plans  of  operation  have  not  been  suffi- 
ciently attractive  and  helpful.  Another  reason,  and  one  that  should 
be  speedily  removed,  is  the  defective  keeping  of  records  of  membership, 
and  along  with  this,  at  least  in  many  places,  our  little  less  than  vicious 
method  of  revising  church  records.  To  the  extent  that  these  should  be 
matters  of  legislation,  they  should,  I  am  sure,  receive  your  careful  at- 
tention. 

Recent  reports  from  conference  superintendents  show  that  since  the 
last  sessions  of  the  annual  conferences  there  have  been  held  more  than 
250  special  evangelistic  meetings,  which  have  resulted  in  3285  acces- 
sions to  the  Church. 


FINANCES. 

Comparison  of  financial  reports  for  the  year  1919-1920  with  those  of 
the  year  1915-1916  shows  encouraging  increase  in  this  relation.  In 
pastors'  salaries,  the  increase  of  last  year  over  four  years  ago  was  29.5 
percent;  in  money  collected  for  Sunday-school  purposes,  the  increase 
was  32.5  percent;  in  collections  for  benevolences,  the  increase  was  240 
percent,— 80  percent  in  advance  of  the  denomination  at  large;  in  col- 
lections for  all  purposes,  the  increase  was  54.6  percent;  in  collections 
for  building  purposes,  the  increase  was  23  percent, — 4  percent  above 
the  increase  throughout  the  denomination. 

It  is  a  delight  to  say  that  throughout  the  district  there  has  been,  to  a 
very  large  degree,  unanimity  of  feeling  of  harmony  with  the  purposes 
and  plans  of  the  United  Enlistment  Movement.  The  change  in  general 
financial  conditions,  along  with  some  failure  to  understand  the  Move- 
ment, heightened  by  some  unfavorable  criticism,  resulted  in  several 
conferences  falling  short  in  pledges  of  the  amounts  undertaken.  Colo- 
rado, New  Mexico,  and  Louisiana  conferences  reported  their  apportion- 
ments pledged  in  full,  and  some  other  of  the  conferences  have  ap- 
proached near  to  the  amounts  asked.  In  the  district  at  large  54.25 
percent  of  the  charges  reported  in  full  or  more,  while  many  other 
charges  reached  nearly  the  amounts  asked. 


"     •  EDUCATION. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  quadrennium  our  educational  work  in  the 
district  was  represented  by  Leander  Clark  College,  at  Toledo,  Iowa, 
York  College,  at  York,  Nebraska,  and  Kansas  City  University,  at  Kansas 
City,  Kansas. 

Early  in  the  quadrennium  the  trustees  of  Leander  Clark  College 
took  action  contemplating  the  merging  of  that  institution  with  Coe 
College  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  This  action  resulted  in  the  closing  of 
the  college  at  Toledo,  and  in  the  transfer  of  the  real  estate  of  the  in- 
stitution to  the  State  of  Iowa.  The  Board  of  Education  did  not  consent 
to  this  merger  on  the  terms  proposed,  and  by  unanimous  vote  directed 
the  Secretary  of  the  Board  to  enter  suit  in  the  federal  court  to  prevent 
its  consummation.     The  case  is  now  awaiting  hearing. 

York  College,  according  to  the  recent  report  of  its  president  to  its 
Board  of  Trustees,  has  an  attendance  of  693  students,  excluding  dupli- 
cation of  names.  The  students  are  distributed  as  follows — allowing 
duplication — :  liberal  arts  department  247;  fine  arts  department  325; 
business  college  169.  A  fine  religious  spirit  pervades  and  has  pervaded 
the  institution,  and  some  twenty  of  the  students  are  preparing  for  the 
work  of  the  ministry.  Though  the  college  has  its  financial  perplexities, 
the  reducing  of  the  debt  during  the  year  by  nearly  $30,000,  and  the 
growing-  prospect  of  increased  financial  support,  give  renewed  courage 
to  its  friends. 


Kansas  City  University,  owned  and  operated  jointly  by  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  and  the  Methodist  Protestants,  has.  during  the 
quadrenniuni,  come  to  a  position  of  greatly  increased  promise.  The 
burden  of  nearly  $250,000  of  indebtedness  upon  it  four  years  ago  has 
been  removed;  full  recognition  by  the  State  Board  of  Kducation  has 
been  secured:  the  enrollment  of  students  has  been  materially  increased, 
and  there  has  been  a  good  increase  of  students  preparing  for  special 
service  in  the  Church.  The  two  denominations  are  working  in  complete 
harmony,  giving  promise  that  this  effort  at  cooperation  in  the  work  of 
Christian  education  will  prove  a  real  success. 

THE    OUTLOOK. 

What  is  it?  "Bright  as  the  promises  of  God,"  as  said  another.  But  as 
the  promises  of  God  are,  as  to  their  fulfillment,  conditional,  so  the  out- 
look in  the  Southwest,  as  to  its  realization,  is  conditional.  What  the 
great  Southwest  is  to  be  to  America  and  to  the  world,  is  a  question 
awaiting  answer.  But  measured  by  the  possibilities  presented,  the  an- 
swer must  be  very  optimistic.  But  as  to  actualities  to  be  realized,  the 
answer  depends  much  upon  the  answer  to  another  question,  What 
energies  are  to  be  expended  there? 

"The  coming  millions"  for  the  tramp  of  whom  Patrick  Henry  stood 
listening,  have  arrived  in  large  numbers,  to  be  followed  by  many  mil- 
lions more.  They  are  and  will  be  found  upon  its  broad  prairies,  many 
of  which  yet  await  our  exploration;  in  its  prosperous  cities— but  few  of 
which  we  have  as  yet  entered;  in  its  villages  and  towns,  many  of 
which  will  become  cities,  and  in  comparatively  few  of  which  we  are  as 
yet  represented. 

It  were  folly  for  us  to  attempt  at  once  to  enter,  or  even  to  explore  all 
these  inviting  fields.  The  immediate  duty,  and  the  immediate  act  of 
strategy  is,  courageously,  heroically,  to  develop  and  strengthen  the 
places  we  now  occupy,  and  along  with  this  to  estimate  prophetically  and 
liberally  our  ability  as  to  men  and  means,  and  then  by  wisely  planned 
and  helpfully  contiguous  efforts  plant  our  banners  where  we  are  needed, 
and  plant  to  stay. 

Too  much  have  we  scattered.  Too  much  have  we  consulted  only 
the  immediate  present.  Too  little  have  we  studied  the  oncom- 
ing futurer  Too  little  have  we  thought  of  building,— building  for 
the  centuries.  Too  much  have  we  taken  the  place  of  journeymen  to 
prepare  material  from  which  others  who  have  more  wisely  planned 
have  built  great  and  permanent  structures.  If  we  would  realize  upon 
our  possibilities  in  the  Southwest,  we  must  change  our  plans,  and 
>  change   them    wisely,   and   change   them   quickly. 

Thank  God  that  we  have  been  able  to  do  so  much!  Thank  God  that 
we  have  won  thousands  to  Christ,  even  though  in  so  doing  we  have 
contributed  more  to  the  building  of  other  denominations  than  our  own. 
It  has  been  a  part  of  our  history.  Thank  God  that  they  have  been 
saved  and  homed.    But  why  not  plan  to  build  ourselves?  Why  not  plan 


more  effectively  to  home  our  own  converts?  Why  not  ourselves  plan 
to  push  into  centers  of  influence  in  which,  when  our  people  move  to 
them,  they  will  find  commodious  buildings  and  welcoming  arms  of  their 
own  spiritual  kindred  to  receive  them?  It  must  be  done  more  ef- 
fectively in  the  Southwest  if  we  are  to  survive  and  to  fill  a  mission  in 
promulgating  the  Gospel  and  in  bringing  in  the  reign  of  Jesus  Christ. 
The  doors  are  open;  let  us  study  well  where  we  enter,  and  enter  there 
to  build,  to  survive,  to  expand. 

THE  NEED. 

But  to  do  this,  to  plant  wisely,  to  develop,  to  enlarge,  as  *we  should 
and  may,  there  must  be  large  increase  of  men  and  women  for  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  and  for  service  in  other  relations,  and  there  must  be 
large  increase  of  funds  for  their  development  and  support,  and  large 
increase  of  loyalty  to  our  Church. 

God  be  praised,  and  praised  the  men  and  women  who  did  it,  for  the 
work  accomplished  in  the  past.  But  a  new  day  is  at  hand,  aye,  is  al- 
ready  passing;  a  day  that  demands  the  filling  of  the  pulpits  of  the 
Southwest  with  men  qualified  for  service  in  the  pulpits  of  any  other  sec- 
tion of  our  denomination.  There  is  no  longer  a  Wild  West!  We  must 
have  large  additions  of  qualified  men  in  the  Southwest  if  we  are  to 
stay  effectively  where  we  are.  and  to  occupy  and  develop  the  inviting 
openings  in  the  great  empire  of  the  West. 

We  are  growing  and  educating  some  preachers,  but  not  in  the  num- 
bers needed.  The  Superintendents  report  that  we  have  63  holding 
quarterly  conference  license;  54  given  annual  conference  license  during 
the  quadrennium;  49  ordained,  and  39  in  college,  and  5  in  the  Seminary 
preparing  for  the  ministry.     "But  what  are  these  among  so  many?" 

And  we  must  have  money  for  the  more  liberal  support  of  those  at 
work,  and  for  those  we  would  have  to  come.  Much  of  this  money, 
more  of  it  than  ever  before,  from  the  Southwest,  for  it  too,  is  becoming 
wealthy, — but  not  all  of  it  can  be  gotten  there. 

And  here  arises  the  call  for  doubling,  tripling,  the  funds  of  the 
Home  Mission  and  Church  Erection  Boards, — not  for  the  Southwest, 
nor  for  the  West  alone;  but  for  the  great  East  as  well.  For  we  know 
full  well  that  the  open  doors  inviting  the  entrance  of  the  Church  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ,  are  before  us  everywhere,  in  all  our  broad 
land. 

The  Superintendents  of  the  Southwest  District  estimate  that  we  need 
annually  $24,000  for  home  mission  work  now  in  operation,  and  at  least 
$35,000  more  annually,  conservatively  estimated,  to  enter  new  fields 
now  inviting  us. 

As  we  contemplate  these  things,  surely  our  ears  hear  again  the  words 
of  our  Lord — whose  every  word  let  us  study  with  ever  increasing  c^re — 
"Lift  up  your  eyes  and  look  upon  the  fields,  for  they  are  white  already 
unto  harvest."  "Pray  ye,  therefore,  the  lord  of  the  harvest,  that  he 
send  forth  laborers  into  his  harvest." 


Report  of  Pacific  District 

W.  H.  Washinger,  Bishop 

Tt)  TiiK  Dklegates  of  TiiK  Gknkkai,  Conkkuknck.. 

Dear  Coworkers: 

I  bring  to  you  my  quadrennial  report  of  the  Pacific  District  to  which 
I  was  assigned  four  years  ago.  These  years  have  been  crowded  full 
of  rich  blessings  from  the  bountiful  hand  of  our  Heavenly  Father. 

We  give  thanks  to  God.  first  of  all,  for  the  unity  that  prevails 
throughout  the  district.  Whenever  the  bugle  call  to  action  has  been 
sounded  our  superintendents,  pastors  and  people,  almost  to  the  man, 
have  fallen  into  line  and  have  kept  step  to  the  martial  music  of  Zion, 
to  the  drum  beat  of  progress,  marching  bravely  to  battle  and  to  certain 
conquest  for  our  King. 

There  is  a  price  set  upon  all  growth  and  development.  The  burning 
need  of  the  hour  is  the  willingness  on  our  part  to  face  new  problems, 
the  willingness  to  face  old  problems  in  a  new  way  and  the  willingness 
to  pay  the  price  that  service  demands. 

In  spite  of  the  hardships  and  dangers  and  limitations  and  lonliness 
and  silences,  yes,  in  spite  of  these  we  have  learned  to  know  and  appre- 
ciate as  never  before  the  blessedness  of  service. 

Notwithstanding  war  conditions,  the  drouth-stricken  Northwest, 
shortage  of  preachers,  bad  church  records,  the  Pacific  District  has  had 
a  good  quadrennium  as  the  following  figures  and  facts  show: 

FIGURES  AND  FACTS 

The  District  comprises  four  conferences — California,  Oregon,  Colum- 
bia River  and   Montana,   representing  95   organized   classes. 

The  number  of  church  members  at  the  beginning  of  the  quadrennium 
was  5637;  at  the  close  6029,  showing  a  net  increase  of  392. 

The  number  of  conversions  reported  to  me  for  the  quadrennium 
is  2G95;   number  of  accessions  3306. 

The  Suijday-school  enrollment  was  8248,  at  present  8737.  net  in- 
crease 489;  the  Christian  Endeavor  membership  was  184S  and  is  now 
1805,  net  decrease  43,  the  decrease  occurring  through  the  senior 
societies  while  the  junior  and  intermediate  show  a  nice  increase;  the 
W.  M.  A.  membership  was  653  and  is  now  990,  net  increase  337; 
Otterbein  Guild  membership  was  84,  at  present  178,  net  increase  94. 

The  number  of  Religious  Telescopes  at  the  beginning  of  the  quad- 
rennium was  4C6,  at  the  close  803,  net  increase  337;  Watchwords  1434, 
at  close  1514,  net  increase  80;  Evangels  415,  at  close  568,  net  increase 
153;  Friend  for  Boys  and  Girls  1306,  at  present  1734,  net  increase  428; 
Otterbein  Senior  Quarterly  1330,  at  present  1394  increase  64;  Adult 
Quarterly  738,  at  close  851,  net  increase  13;  Otterbein  Intermediate 
Quarterly  1143,  at  close  1170,  increase  27. 


The  offerings  on  the  Lord's  Day  of  coViferences  during  the  quadren- 
niiim  amounted  to  $20,527.22,  of  this  amount  $5,404.33  was  raised  for 
the  contingent  expenses  of  Philomath  College  and  the  remainder  for 
Preachers'  Aid  and  Conference  Missions — one  third  for  Preachers'  Aid, 
two-thirds  for  conference  Missions;  for  Home  Missions  special  fund  for 
work  in  new  cities  $2,071.97;  Self-denial  offering  $3,118,87;  Philomath 
College  endowment  $47,934.75,  with  the  campaign  not  yet  concluded 
in  Corvallis  and  in  Columbia  River  and  Montana  conferences,  which 
added  to  the  special  gift  of  $27,000  from  the  Baker  estate  at  the 
beginning  of  the  quadrennium,  makes  a  total  of  $74,934.75;  Permanent 
Church  Extension  fund  $12,190.07;  Preachers'  Aid  Fund  in  addition 
to  the  conference  Sunday  offering  $1,425;  Church  Erection  loans  were 
paid  to  the  amount  of  $16,720;  old  debts  on  church  property  w^re 
paid  and  improvements  made  amounting  to  $32,591.03. 

The  total  raised  for  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  in  cash  and 
idedges  amounts  to  $90,504.63,  making  a  grand  total  of  $254,083.54 
for  the  above  named  interests  raised  during  the  quadrennium,  of  which 
more  than  $140,000  has  been  paid,  with  the  Philomath  College  and 
United  Enlistment  pledges  being  paid  systematically  by  all  the  con- 
ferences except  Montana  which  has  been  in  the  grip  of  perhaps  the 
most  severe  drouth  in  its  history  but  will  make  good  as  soon  as  crop 
conditions  improve.  We  must  be  patient  and  help  them  tide  over  the 
trying  times.  Our  people  in  Montana  can  be  depended  upon  to  go  to  the 
limit,  adding  faith  to  sight  in  maintaining  the  cause  of  our  Lord. 
The  seven  new  classes  organized  in  Montana  conference  is  proof  of  this. 

In  addition  to  the  magnificent  sum  named  above,  new  churches  and 
parsonages  were  built  in  the  district  at  a  cost  of  $55,760  nearly  all 
of  which  has  been  paid.  The  total  property  valuer,  including  Philomath 
College  and  Baker  Home,  amount  to  $629,383.50. 

The  Pacific  District  was  apportioned  $104,499  for  the  United  Enlist- 
ment Movement.  As  stated  above  we  have  raised  $90,504.63  and  if  we 
are  given  credit  for  the  amounts  raised  for  special  interests  to  which 
the  representatives  of  the  district  and  many  others  believe  we  are 
justly  entitled,  we  will  have  more  than  reached  the  goal. 

We  now  have  in  each  conference  a  Preachers'  Aid  Fund,  Permanent 
Conference  Extension  Fund,  Conference  Mission  Fund  and  all  organi- 
zations necessary  for  aggressive  work.  The  amount  in  the  Preachers' 
Aid  Fund  of  the  several  conferences  totals  $4,077.64,  Permanent  Con- 
ference Extension  Fund  totals  $12,190.07  and  almost  $10,000  has  passed 
through  the  Conference  Mission  Fund  to  help  in  the  establishing  of 
the  minimum  salary  standard  and  to  help  in  reducing  the  General 
Home  Mission  Board's  appropriations  to  the  fields. 

The  miniumum  salary  standard  for  California  and  Oregon  confer- 
ences is  $1200  and  parsonage;  for  Columbia  River  and  Montana  $1000 
and  parsonage.  i 

California,  Oregon  and  Columbia  River  conferences  now  support 
their  own  superintendents,  California  and  Oregon  each  paying  $2100 
and  Columbia  River  $1700  per  year.  Montana  conference  pays  $1200 
of  the  $2100  received  by  its  superintendent. 


At  tlie  last  session  of  the  annual  conferences  we  were  able  to  supply 
all  our  fields  of  labor  with  pastors  for  the  first  time  in  a  number  of 
years.  Our  greatest  problem  is  tliat  of  leadership.  We  need  more 
men  as  some  of  our  younger  men  desire  to  go  to  school  to  further 
qualify  themselves  for  the  gosi)el  ministry  and  some  of  our  older 
ministers  will  soon  retire  from  the  active  service  on  account  of  age. 

A  Branch  W.  M.  A.  was  organized  in  Columbia  River  conference  and 
one  in  Montana  conference  by  Mrs.  Washinger.  The  work  of  the  W. 
M.  A.  in  Columbia  River.  Oregon  and  California  conferences  was 
greatly  strengthened  by  the  Itinerary  of  Miss  Vera  B.  Blinn  whose 
example  of  consecration  and  spiritual  beauty  lingers  as  a  fragrant 
influence  with  us. 

PHILOMATH  COLLEGE  AND  COL.  R.  M.  BAKER  HOME 

Philomath  College  and  the  Col.  R.  M.  Baker  Home  for  Retired 
Ministers  have  had  a  good  quadrennium  and  show  a  marked  degree 
of  prosperity.  The  people  have  a  larger  vision  relative  to  these  two 
institutions — a  vision  that  has  led  to  enthusiasm,  self-denial,  larger 
service  and  consequently  to  greater  results. 

The  total  endowment  holdings  of  Philomath  College  July  1,  1917, 
was  $23,000.  The  total  endowment  to  date  of  this  report  is  $89,833. 
The  number  of  students  this  college  year  not  repeating  names,  is  88; 
total  number  of  registrations  136. 

A  gymnasium  and  other  new  buildings  are  badly  needed.  Philomath's 
record  of  fifty-two  years  shows,  over  1000  graduates,  over  1200  teachers, 
8  college  presidents  150  ministers,  .5  foreign  missionaries  with  many 
other  professions  enriched. 

The  Baker  Home  was  established  by  Col.  R.  M.  Baker  and  his  good 
wife,  Sarah  A.,  in  1913.  They  provided  $15,000  for  -the  site  and  im- 
provements and  gave  a  property  in  Los  Angeles  worth  $60,000  as  an 
endowment.  There  are  six  cottages  and  twenty  acres  of  valuable 
ground.     Ten  acres  are  planted  to  citrus  fruits. 

Ten  thousand  dollars  have  been  permanently  set  aside  by  the 
trustees  for  the  building  of  a  dormitory  in  the  near  future.  The 
present  worth  of  the  giound  and  buildings  with  resources  is  $86,693.50 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Two  great  programs  have  been  on  during  the  quadrennium — a  pro- 
gram of  e^'angelism  and  one  of  finance.  The  evangelistic  program 
resulted  in  2695  conversions  and  3306  accessions. 

The  finance  program  resulted  in  the  payment  of  Church  Erection 
loans,  liquidation  of  other  indebtedness,  raising  money  for  conference 
and  general  interests  and  in  the  building  of  churches  and  parsonages, 
only  where  they  were  absolutely  needed,  on  account  of  the  high  cost 
of  material  and  i)rice  of  labor.  However,  building  funds  were  started 
wherever  possible. 

These  two  programs  must  continue  with  intensity  during  the  com- 
ing quadrennium.  The  finance  program,  in  addition  to  the  liquidation 
of  remaining  indebtedness  should  include  the  building  of  fifteen 
churches  and  at  least  six  parsonages,  on  old  fields  of  labor.  Even 
though  all  may  not  be  completed,  that  niany  should  be  begun. 


In  addition  to  this  we  should  enter  at  least  six  new  centers.  The 
program  of  evangelism  should  also  include,  as  never  before,  the  con- 
servation of  its  results.  Converts,  and  then  culture,  is  the  order.  Soul- 
winning  precedes  soul-tiaining,  and  that  training  is  seriously  defective 
that  fails  to  stress  the  sui)reme  importance  of  soul-winning. 

The  reflex  influence  of  the  United  Enlistment  campaign  has  enabled 
United  Brethren  in  the  Pacific  District  to  discover  themselves,  finan- 
cially and  doctrinally,  and  has  developed  a  deeper  consecration.  We  are 
a  sleeping  giant,  but  we  are  beginning  to  awake  to  our  possibilities. 
The  greatest  blessing,  however,  that  has  come  to  our  pet)ple  as  a  result 
of  the  campaign  is  the  deepened  spirituality  and  increased  evangelistic 
fervor  which  is  everywhere  evident. 

The  presence  of  Dr.  J.  S.  Kendall,  Dr.  P.  M.  Camp  and  Brother  L.  O. 
Miller,  who  represented  the  various  general  church  interests  at  the 
several  sessions  of  annual  conferences  was  highly  appreciated,  as  was 
also  that  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Patterson  who  represented  the  Commission  on 
Evangelism,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  N.  Wimmer  and  Rev.  and  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Ward,  returned  missionaries. 

Bishop  N.  Castle  has  an  abiding  interest  in  the  work  of  the  district 
and  in  a  practical  way  emphasizes  the  fact  that  the  "October  of  life 
may  be  one  of  the  most  fruitful  months  in  all  its  calendar;  and  the 
'Indian  Summer'  its  brightest  period  when  God's  sunshine  kindles 
every  leaf  on  the  tree  with  crimson  and  golden  glories." 

CLOSING  WORDS 

I  desire,  in  these  closing  words,  to  express  the  appreciation  of  Mrs. 
Washinger  and  myself  for  the  special  recognition  given  us  on  our 
wedding  anniversary  and  birthdays,  which  occurred  during  the  last 
session  of  the  several  conferences.  The  memory  of  the  pleasant 
occasions  is  with  us  yet  and  will  be  as  we  trudge  over  the  hill  of  time 
into  the  golden  valley  of  the  Great  Sunset. 

The  work  of  the  quadrennium  has  been  intensely  arduous,  but  with 
God's  help  and  that  of  my  brethren  in  the  ministry  and  laity,  it  has 
been  a  great  joy.  The  pages  of  the  history  of  the  Pacific  District  are 
vivid  with  the  victories  of  religion  in  behalf  of  law  and  order,  of 
education  and  justice.  Our  preachers  and  others  like  them  caught  the 
vision  of  a  redeemed  America  and  went  forth  to  conquer  the  wilderness 
and  our  country  for  Christ.  We  are  heirs  of  the  golden  harvest  of 
church  history  that  has  come  to  us  through  the  ages,  and 

So  long  as  United  Brethren  pulses  beat — 
So  long  as  United  Brethren  freemen  meet 
We  lift  our  gauntlets  to  the  sky 
And  swear  to  guard   the  legacy. 

I 
With  joyful  reminiscence,  therefore,  as  we  dwell  upon  the  victories 

in  the  past,  with  a  blessed  inspiration  as  we  contemplate  the  oppor- 
tunities of  the  present  and  with  a  glorious  hope,  as  we  look  upon  the 
rainbow  of  the  divine  promise  spanning  the  future,  this  report  is 
respectfully  submitted. 


Sixth  Quadrennial  Report 

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The  Publishing  Agent 

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Quadrennial  Report  of 
The  Board  of  Trustees 

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Printing 
Establishment 


Sixth  Quadrennial  Report  of  the  PubHshing  Agent 
To  the  General  Conference 

Dear  Fathers  and  Brethren: — 

With  thankfuhicss  to  God  this  report  is  made.  Notwithstanding  the  bane- 
ful effects  of  war,  wrecking  and  bankrupting  the'  nations,  and  the  unsettled 
economic  condition  of  business,  the  quadrennium  just  closed  is  the  best  of  any  in 
the  history  of  the  United  Brethren  Publishing  House. 

Our  People  in  Service 
Many  of  our  men  entered  the  army  and  did  valiant  service  at  the   front 
Others  of  our  men  and  many  of  our  women  were  found  faithful   in  the   home 
war  activities.    The  government  gave  the  House  secret  printing  to  do  that  went 
to  the  fronts  in  France,  Belgium  and  Italy. 

Our  Employees 
Never  have  we  had  a  better  or  more  loyal  people  in  the  House  than  at  this 
time.     Their  aim,  working  through  the  principles  of  Industrial  Democracy,  is  to 
make  this  institution  especially  strong  in  its  service.     No  institution  gives  to  its 
people  greater  initiative  than  this  one. 

The  Board 

The  Board  of  Trustees  has  been  earnest  and  painstaking  in  its  examination 
of  the  conduct  of  the  business,  and  I  am  grateful  for  its  suggestions  made  froifi 
time  to  time,   particularly   during   the   years   of  war   stress. 

Our  Real  Estate 

No  change  has  been  made  in  the  realty  of  the  House  during  the  quadren- 
nium. The  Board  of  Trustees  will  lay  before  the  conference  the  facts  as  to  our 
real  estate  holdings.  Something  should  be  done  with  the  properties  at  Main 
and  Fourth  streets.     Three  ways  seem  open: 

1.  Hold  the  property  and  improve  it  by  doing  what  the  City  Fire  Code 
requires  on  the  old  buildings. 

2.  Improve  the  old  properties  by  building  up  in  keeping  with  present  of- 
fice building,  as  the  Trustees  intended  and  planned  when  the  holdings 
were  obtained. 

3.  Sell  these  properties  and  desert  this  most  important  corner  in  the 
rapidly-growing  city  of  Dayton. 

The  first  plan  would  mean  great  waste  while  the  last  plan  would  be  a 
serious  backward  movement. 

The  Main  and  Fourth  real  estate  suffered  by  the  change  in  the  date  of 
closing  the  books  from  April  1,  to  March  31,  the  second  year  of  the  quadrennium 
by  having  twelve  months  of  expenses  charged  and  only  eleven  months  of  re- 
ceipts credited  to  it. 

Volume  of  Business 

The  total  business  during  the  quadrennium  was  $2,658,729.72  —  a  gain  of 
$621,654.98  over  the  preceding  quadrennium.  The  total  business  for  the  past 
twenty-four  years  is  $9,735,837.26. 


Earnings 

The  earnings  for  the  four  years  are  $171,789.49  as  compared  with  $152,005.20 
in  the  preceding  quadrennium. 

Subsidies  Paid 

There  was  paid  to  the  Church  in  the  form  of  subsidies  $17,722.43  during 
the  quadrennium.     This  does  not  include  loss  on  any  periodical. 

The  Conservancy  Tax 

This  tax  began  during  the  second  year  of  the  quadrennium  and  amounted 
to  $27,988.32  for  the  three  years.  We  have  not  added  this  to  the  inventory  of 
the  properties,  as  some  have  done,  but  it  is  computed  as  an  item  of  tlie  earn- 
ings of  the  House.  In  arriving  at  these  figures  the  direct  conservancy  tax. 
which  is  assessed  against  each  individual  piece  of  property,  and  the  general  con- 
servancy tax,  which  is  charged  upon  the  general  duplicate'  of  the  city  and 
county  in  which  the  Publishing  House  is  located,  are  added  together. 

Inventory 

The  gross  inventory  of  the  House  is  $1,540,219.19.  Of  this  amount 
$778,345.25  is  invested  in  the  Main  and  Fourth  streets  real  estate  holdings. 

The  inventory  of  the  Fifth  Street  Publishing  Plant  real  estate  and  equip- 
ment is  $761,873.94.  The  net  inventory  of  the  whole  publishing  interests  is 
$770,551.73. 

The  liabilities  of  the  House  are  the  difference  between  the  gross  inventory 
and  the  net  inventory,  which  was  $769,667.46,  March  31,  1921. 

The  debt  is  analyzed  as  follows: 

Due  other  houses  on  account $  42,525.14 

Bonds    outstanding    75,000.00 

Mortgage    indebtedness    386.000.00 

Borrowed  money   (notes)    266,142.32 

Total   indebtedness    $769,667.46 

The  interest-bearing  indebtedness  is  $727,142.32.  The  increase  in  the  whole 
debt  is  $49,263.46  over  April  2,  1917.  The  increase  in  the  interest-bearing  debt 
same  period  is  $35,822.73.  The  requirement  of  more  capital  for  mercliandise 
and  new  machinery  and  the  increase  of  accounts  due  the  House  much  more  than 
offsets  this  increase  of  debt. 

Comnaring  the  net  inventory,  March  31,  1921,  of  $770,551.73  with  the  net 
inventory  of  April  2,  1917,  which  was  $658,424.75,  the  gain  in  the  net  in- 
ventory for  the  quadrennium  was  $112,126.98. 

The  gain  in  the  gross  inventory  for  the  quadrennium  was  $161,390.44. 

The  Publishing  Plant 

The  Publishing  Plant,  building  and  equipment  on  West  Fifth  street,  has 
met  with  increasing  efficiency,  the'  requirements  of  the  Church  in  the  publication 
of  our  periodicals.  A  few  changes  have  been  made  in  the  departments  in  order 
to  meet  the  requirements  more  perfectly. 

Labor  j 

We  have  had  no  strikes  or  industrial  trouble  during  the  quadrennium.  A 
little  over  a  year  ago  Industrial  Democracy  was  installed  in  the  plant  and  has 
proven  a  great  blessing  to  the  institution. 

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Our  Literature 

If  a  review  were  made  of  the  number  of  periodicals  and  the  volume  of  same 
today  as  compared  with  twenty-four  years  ago.  it  would  hardly  seem  like  the 
same  institution.  A  very  accurate  system  of  discarding  names  from  circulation 
lists  has  been  in  vogue  for  years.  Notwithstanding  this,  the  circulation  of  the 
Telescope,  Watchword,  and  all  of  our  Sunday-school  literature  has  greatly  in- 
creased. The  total  circulation  of  our  periodicals.  April  1,  1898,  was  390,446; 
March  31,  1921,  521,050.  This  does  not  include  the  great  volume  of  Graded 
Lessons  sold  to  the  Church. 

The  home  going  of  Rev.  C.  L  B.  Brane,  D.D.,  associate  editor  of  The 
Telescope,  was  a  source  of  sorrow  to  all  of  us.  His  sweet  spirit  was  an  inspira- 
tion to  all  who  were  connected  with  the   Publishing  House. 

Mail  Order  Department 

This  department  has  grown  ever  since  it  was  started.  It  did  a  business 
of  $68,497.06  last  year. 

The  Church 

The  House  never  received  more  hearty  support  from  the  Church  than  it 
has  during  this  quadrennium,  for  which  the  management  is  grateful  to  both 
the  pastors  and  people. 

Our  Accountants 

The  Auditor's  Report  for  each  year  of  the  quadrennium,  as  well  as  the 
Bookkeeper's  Profit  and  Loss  Sheet,  has  already  been  submitted  to  the  Commit- 
tee on  Publishing  Interests. 

A  Personal  Word 

In  presenting  this — my  sixth  quadrennial  report,  I  close  my  twenty-fourth 
year  as  Publishing  Agent.  M}'  heart  was  never  more  full  of  thankfulness  to  God 
and  to  the  Church  for  the  privilege  of  these  years  of  earnest  and  at  times  most 
trying  service.  I  had  ambition  to  help  do  certain  things  in  connection  with 
the  building  up  of  the  property  owned  by  the  Publishing  House.  Had  the  flood 
not  come,  we  would  have  been  almost  through  with  this  task  by  this  time,  pro- 
vided the  plans  as  worked  out  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  had  been  followed. 

The  first  three  years  of  the  quadrennium  just  closed  were  the  hardest  of  all 
for  me.  At  the  General  Conference,  at  Decatur,  I  would  have  gone  out  of  this 
work  had  it  not  been  for  the  influence  of  several  of  the  leaders  of  the  Church, 
among  whom  were  Bishop  N.  Castle  and  our  late  departed  Bishop  G.  M. 
Mathews.  They  held  me  steady  at  a  time  when  I  felt  I  wanted  to  unload  the 
responsibility.  At  the  beginning  of  this  last  quadrennium  I  was  more  than 
ever  inclined  to  resign  the  task,  but  was  held  in  place  by  the  strong  influence  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees. 

During  the  twenty-four  years  I  have  made  close  and  abiding  friends,  not 
only  in  connection  with  the  Publishing  House,  but  in  the  business  life  of  the 
city  of  Daytpn.  It  will  be  hard  for  me  to  break  these  close  fellowships  that 
are  worth  'more  than  money  to  anyone.  With  all  the  editors  who  have  served 
through  these  twenty-four  years  I  have  had  the  closest  and  sweetest  commun- 
ion, and,  as  far  as  I  know%  there  has  not  been  an  unpleasantnes.s  between  any  one 
of  these  editorial  workers,  and  myself.  Enough  has  been  said  to  me  to  make 
me  believe  I  could  be  reelected  to  this  position.  I  am  not  going  out  of  this 
work  because  of  criticism,  just  or  unjust,  but  because  I  desire  to  be  relieved  of 
strain,  which  I  fear  would  in  th^  coming  years  pull  too  heavily  upon  me.  I 
prefer  to  leave  this  work  in  perfect  health  and  strength,  trusting  that  God  wdl 
open  the  way  for  me  to  do  something  somev>'here  in  His  vineyard. 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees  who  have  served,  not  only  during  this  last 
quadrennium  but  during  all  the  quadrenniums;  to  the  Editors  and  to  the  people 
who  worked  with  me  in  the  plant,  I  extend  my  heartiest  and  best  wishes, 

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Items   of  Interest 
People   employed    250 

Wages  paid  for  year  ending  March  31,  1921 $308,958.66 

Wages  paid  for  year  ending  April  2,  1917 $204,170.89 

An   increase   of $104,787.77 

Periodicals  published   (Graded  S.  S.   Lessons  not  included) 14 

Combined   circulation    521,050 

Net  Assets   March  31.   1921 $770,551.73 

Net  Assets  July  2,   1897 ., $283,383.04 

A  Gain  in  Net  Assets  in  the  24  years  of $487,168.69 

Paid  to  the  Church  in  dividends,  subsidies,  etc.,  since  July  2,  1897 $170,363.85 

Two  items  for  which  the  management  was  not  in  any  way  responsible 
- — the   flood   and  the   International    Bible   Agency — together   made 

a  total  of  $161,843.66 

These  items  the  House  was  compelled  to  meet  as  a  loss  and  pay  out  of 
its  business. 

The  following  figures  are  for  the  past  24  years: 

Gain  in  Net  Assets $487,168.69 

The  two  losses  on  flood  and  International  Bible  Agency 161,843.66 

Paid  to  the  Church 170,363.85 

Alaking  a  Grand  Total  of  Money  Result  for  the  period  of $819,376.20 

This  does  not  take  into  account  losses  on  any  of  the  periodicals  which 
we  have  met  during  the  years. 

The  following  pages  of  my  report  will  give  comparative  statements,  but 
the  financial  comparisons  will  be  found  in  the  Auditor's  Report  and  the  Book- 
keeper's Profit  and  Loss  Sheets,  which  have  already  been  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  Committee  on  Publishing  Interests. 

Inventory  of  the  House  by  Quadrenniums: 

July  2,   1897  the  net   inventory   was $283,383.04 

April  1,  1901  the  net  inventory  was 303,179.99 

April  1,  1905  the  net  inventory  was 402,975.83 

April  1,  1909  the  net  inventory  was 536,986.18 

April  15,  1913  the  net  inventory  was 544,211.20 

April  2,  1917  the  net  inventory  was 658,424.75 

March  31,  1921  the  net  inventory  was 770,551.73 

Gain  in  the  Net  Inventory  for  the  Six  Quadrenniums__$487, 168.69 

Volume  of  Business  of  House  by  Quadrenniums: 

From  April  2,   1897  to  April   1,   1901 . $    791.037.89 

From  April   1,   1901  to  April   1,   1905__-a 1,062,418.46 

From  April   1,  1905  to  April   1,  1909 1,395.360.69 

From  April  1,  1909  to  April  15,-1913 1,781.115.76 

From  April  15,  1913  to  April  2,  1917 2.037.074.74 

From  April  2,  1917  to  March  31,  1921 2.658,729.72 

Total  From  April  2,  1897  to  March  31,   1921 $9,735,837.26 

Earnings  for  the  Quadrennium  Ending  March  31,  1921: 

For  the  year  ending  April  2,  1918 $  4.668.25 

For  the  y/ear  ending  March  31,  1919 28,784.06 

For  the  year  ending  March  31,  1920 7X763.77 

For  the  year  ending  March  31,  1921 60,573.41 

A  Total  for  the   Quadrennium $171,789.49 

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Earnings  by  Quadrenniums: 

The  profits  from  1897  to  1901   were If  83  087.J5 

The  profits  from   1901  to   1905  were . 146689  53 

The  profits  from  1905  to   1909  were 166!299  81 

The  profits  from  1909  to  1913  were 143,29174 

The  profits  from  1913  to  1917  were 152io05.20 

The  profits  from  1917  to  1921  were 1711789.49 

Total  Earnings  for  the  24  years  of ^ $863,163.12 

Comparative  Circulation  of  Publications 

1918  1919  1920  1921 

Telescope 22,700  32,700  33.500  26.550 

Watchword    46,000  45,5(X)  47,250  52,500 

Boys'  Friend   21,000  21.000  21,250  23,650 

Girls'   Friend   24,000  23,000  23,500  26,650 

Our   Little   Folks 23,000  22,000  19,000  18,000 

Otterbein    Teacher    12,200  12,200  12,000  13,000 

Adult  Quarterly 16,600  20,500 

Senior    Quarterly   155,200  145.000 

Intermediate    Quarterly   62,250  47,000 

Advanced   Quarterly  141,000  163,400 

Youths'  Quarterly 56,000  59,000 

Junior    Quarterly    23,000  26,000  25,500  27,750 

Primary    Quarterly    15,000  16,000  15,500  17,000 

Home  Department  Quarterly/ 12,350  13,500  11,000 

Lesson    Leaves    27,000  27,000  26.000  26,000 

Picture  Wall  Chart 900  800  800  800 

Picture   Cards   35,000  33,000  33,000  36,000 

Pupils'  Lesson  Stories 

Evangel  15,000  18,000  18,000  20,000 

Total    511,200       503,200      492,800      521,050 

Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  R.  FUNK,  Agent. 

Auditor's  Report 

April  19,  1921. 
Dr.  W.  R.  Funk,  Manager, 

The  Printing  Establishment  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ, 
Dayton,  Ohio. 
Dear  Sir: 

Having  concluded  the  continuous  audit  of  the  Establishment  for  the  fiscal 
year  including  March  31,  1921,  I  herewith  submit  Schedule  and  Exhibits  as 
follows: 

Schedule  A — Balance  Sheet. 
Exhibit   1 — Profit  and  Loss  Statement. 
Exhibit  2 — Notes  Payable. 
Exhibit  3 — Cash  Test. 
The  inventories  were  accepted  as  given. 

Considering  the  decline  in  prices  and  conditions  in  the  commercial  world 

generally,  it  should  be  a  source  of  congratulation  to  have  the  net  profit  as  shown. 

The  audit  revealed  nothing  which  would  reflect  upon  the  integrity  of  anyone. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

C.  L.  HUBBARD. 

Accountant. 


Quadrennial  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  Printing  Establishment 

We,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Printing  Establishment,  respectfully  sub- 
mit the  following  report.  Following  the  election  of  members  of  the  Board  by 
the  General  Conference  meeting  in  May,  1917,  at  Wichita,  Kansas,  the  Trustees 
present  met  at  said  time  and  place  and  organized  by  electing  A.  W.  Drury  presi- 
dent and  J.  A.  Lyter  secretary,  and  A.  W.  Drury,  L.  C.  Weimer  andj  W.  H. 
Cassel  as  members  of  the  Local  Committee.  Regular  annual  and  semi-annual 
meetings  have  been  held  throughout  the  quadrcnnium.  A  special  meeting  was 
held  in  Februar_v,  1920,  to  consider  a  new  situation  rising  with  reference  to  the 
Main  and  Fourth  streets  real  estate. 

Preceding  the  last  regular  meeting  held  in  April  of  this  3'ear  all  of  the 
members  of  the  Committee  on  Publishing  Interests  appointed  by  the  Bishops 
of  the  Church  for  the  approaching  General  Conference  w^ere  invited  to  be 
present  at  said  meeting  of  the  Board,  that  they  might  make  themselves  fully 
acquainted  with  the  properties  and  business  of  the  Printing  Establishment.  A 
good  proportion  of  the  committee  responded  with  their  presence. 

At  the  time  of  the  session  of  the  last  General  Conference  our  country  was 
under  the  cloud  of  the  great  war  iu  Europe,  and  soon  afterward  came  the  un- 
paralleled distractions  and  burdens  due  to  America's  entrance  into  that  war. 
Every  interest  of  the  Printing  Establishment  felt  the  strain  and  burden  of  the 
unprecedented  conflict.  Labor  and  material  costs  necessitated  changes  in 
size,  price  and  material  quality  of  our  periodicals.  Recent  changes  have  made 
possible  the  restoration  in  part  to  former  standards. 

The  death  of  Dr.  C.  I.  B.  Brane,  associate  editor  of  The  Religious  Telescope, 
took  from  our  presence  and  his  work  in  the  Church  a  noble  Christian  man  and 
a  devoted  and  efficient  Christian  worker.  Rev.  D.  T.  Gregory,  who  had  just 
completed  his  course  in  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary,  was  secured  to  take 
up  and  carry  on  the  work  for  the  remainder  of  the  quadrennium. 

The  relations  of  the  Board  with  Doctor  Funk,  the  Publishing  Agent,  the 
editors,  the  heads  of  Church  departments  and  the  entire  body  of  workers  have 
been  uniformly  friendly  and  cooperative.  While  the  Board  have  for  themselves 
felt  a  responsibility  in  directing  and  caring  for  the  affairs  of  the  House,  they 
have  sought  to  give  sincere  and  earnest,  yet  discerning  support  to  Doctor  Funk, 
the  Publishing  Agent,  who  has  been  elected  by  a  growing  majority  by  six  suc- 
cessive General  Conferences.  Now  that  Doctor  Funk  announces  his  purpose 
not  to  stand  for  reelection  to  the  re.'^ponsible  post  which  he  has  held  for  the 
last  twenty-four  years,  it  is  due  and  proper  to  say  that,  while  he  has  always 
advocated  a  well-understood  'constructive  policy,  he  has  ever  given  due  con- 
sideration to  the  authority  and  judgment  of  the  Board,  and  that  every  advance 
step  taken  has  been  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  Board. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  duplicate  in  this  report  the  items  given  in  the  report  of 
the  Publishing  Agent.  The  instructions  of  the  last  General  Conference  have 
been  carried  out  in  regard  to  a  separate  account  for  the  different  pieces  of  real 
estate  at  Main  and  Fourth  streets.  The  inventories,  both  of  real  estate  and 
factory  equipment,  may  be  taken  as  conservative. 

There  probably  are  no  great  or  special  problems  at  this  time  with  refer- 
ence to  the  factory  site  of  the  Publishing  House  business.  The  closing  out  of 
two  of  the  departments  in  the  factory,  which  could  not  be  made  to  show  a 
profit,  will  at  once  stop  a  loss  and  simplify  the  work  of  the  factory. 

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The  question  as  to  the  real  estate  at  Main  and  Fourth  streets  must  be 
brought  to  decision  before  long.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  report  to  be  as  help- 
ful as  possible  to  the  General  Conference  in  reaching  a  proper  solution  of  this 
problem.  To  this  end  liberal  reports  of  actions  taken  by  tlie  Publishing  Agent 
and  the  Board  will  be  given.  Situations  as  they  have  developed  will  be  stated 
and  proposed  solutions  will  be  indicated.  Members  of  the  Board  do  not  feel 
prompted  by  any  motives  of  defense  or  attack  or  special  advocacy,  but  taking 
conditions  as  they  arc  desire  to  be  helpful  toward  a  courageous,  constructive 
and  safe  policy  for  the  future.  As  no  present  members  of  the  Board  were 
members  when  the  initial  steps  looking  toward  extended  enlargements  were 
taken,  they  may  fairly  claim  to  be  free  from  special  bias. 

About  eighteen  months  ago  notice  was  received  from  the  department  of 
safety  of  the  city  of  Dayton  that  changes  in  the  seven-story  building  on  Fourth 
street  must  be  made  to  make  the  building  conform  to  the  present  fire  code. 
The  expenditure  thus  required  might  amount  to  much  over  $100,000.  A  like 
order  might  be  expected  at  any  time  in  regard  to  the  old  buildings  on  Main 
street.  As  these  properties  are  not  now  yielding  a  suitalile  return,  and  as  tlie 
new  expenditures  demanded  would  not  increase  receipts,  the  Board  was  sum- 
moned to  meet  in  extra  session  to  decide  on  what  should  be  done  in  the 
premises.  The  Board  decided  that  the  on'y  proper  course  to  take  would  be 
to  replace  the  old  buildings  with  such  build;  :.js  as  would  make,  with  the  present 
office  building,  an  enlarged  office  building  cl  approved  and  up-to-date  character. 
As  the  Board  had  no  authority  to  enter  on  this  undertaking,  the  city  officials, 
by  tacit  agreement,  allowed  the  matter  to  rest  pending  the  action  of  the  General 
Conference.  To  show  how  the  Board  has  grappled  with  this  question,  and  at 
the  risk  of  seeming  to  be  tedious,  the  following  report  of  the  Committee  on  Real 
Estate,  as  made  to  the  Board  and  approved  by  the  Board  at  its  last  session,  is 
here  included  entire: 

Report  of  Committee  on  Real  Estate 

In  making  a  report  and  offering  suggestions  regarding  the  real  estate  at 
Main  and  Fourth  streets,  the  committee  finds  that  we  are  confronted  with 
two  outstanding  conditions:  First,  all  these  properties  with  the  exception  of  the 
fourteen-story  Office  Building  itself,  are  losing  money  annually.  The  other  is, 
that  these  properties  are  not  properly  protected  against  fire  and  do  not  meet 
the  Fire  Code  of  the  city  of  Dayton.  Notices  have  been  served  upon  the  Pub- 
lishing House  that  either  the  improvements  recommended  must  be  made  or  the 
buildings  permanently  abandoned. 

To  make  the  required  improvements  will  cost  from  $125,000  to  $150,000. 
If  this  expenditure  were  made  and  it  would  increase  the  income  of  the  properties, 
we  would  feel  justified  in  making  a  recommendation  that  the  Firo  Code  of  the 
city  of  Daj'ton  be  complied  with.  But  these  improvements  would  not  increase 
the  rental  income  and  therefore  the  properties  would  still  be  not  only  non- 
productive, but  would  continue  to  show  a  loss  each  year.  In  previous  reports 
of  this  committee  and  in  the  reports  of  the  Agent  of  the  Publishing  House, 
W.  R.  Funk,  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  estimates  of  cost  of  improving  this 
property,  together  with  plans  prepared  by  F.  J.  Hughes,  architect,  were  sub- 
mitted, the  latest  available  figures  of  which  would  indicate  that  an  expenditure 
of  from  $900,OCK1  to  $1,000,000  would  be  required  to  erect  a  fourteen-story  of- 
fice building  with  a  six-story  tower,  in  harmony  with  plans  draw^n.  We  do  not 
believe  that  it  would  be  advisable  to  recommend  the  expenditure  of  this  sum 
of  money  without  some  positive  assurance  that  an  income  would  be  derived  war- 
ranting the  expenditure. 

Our  attention  has  been  directed  to  the  probability  of  the  Agent  of  the 
Publishing  House  securing  a  tenant  if  this  propert)^  were  improved  and  a  build- 
ing erected — either  seven  or  eight  stories  in  height — in  such  a  manner  as  to 
make  it  suitable  for  department-store  purposes.  In  our  judgment  and  accord- 
ing to  information  available,  it  would  seem  that  a  seven-story  building  could  be 
erected  on  these  premises  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  $500,000,  not  including  sal- 
vage on  present  buildings.  It  is  believed  that  this  salvage  w-ould  be  worth  at 
least  $100,000,  so  that  the  expenditure  would  not  exceed  $400,000. 

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It  has  also  been  suggested  that  a  building  of  this  character  would  readily 
rent  on  a  long-time  lease  for  at  least  $50,000,  the  tenant  paying  all  taxes,  also 
Conservancy  taxes;  cost  of  all  leases,  and  furnishing  his  own  light,  heat,  power, 
elevator  services  and  all  necessarj'  repairs.  If  such  a  contract  could  be  entered 
into  and  an  estimate  secured,  assuring  that  the  new  building  operations  would 
not  exceed  the  cost  named,  we  would  recommend  that  this  course  would  be 
far  more  desirable  than  repairing  the  present  buildings  or  selling  the  entire 
property,  it  being  understood,  however,  that,  if  a  building  of  only  seven  or 
eight  stories  were  erected  now,  the  foundations  and  walls  should  be  sufficiently 
heavy  to  admit  of  the  erection  of  a  fourteen-story  building  with  a  six-story  tower, 
at  some  future  date,  and  the  elevators  in  the  building  should  be  placed  so  as 
to  permit  the  improvement  of  the  property  at  some  later  date. 

It  has  been  suggested  that  it  might  be  advisable  immediately  to  erect 
a  fourteen-story  building  on  this  ground  with  a  six-story  tower  at  a  total  cost 
not  to  exceed  from  $900,000  to  $1,000,000,  as  present  estimates  would  indicate. 
It  has  been  further  suggested  that  a  considerable  amount  of  this  can  be 
secured  in  donations  and  subscriptions  for  this  purpose. 

We,  therefore,  would  suggest  and  recommend  that,  if  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  percent  of  the  cost  of  the  new  building  can  be  secured  in  donations  and  sub- 
scriptions, and  the  first  seven  stories  of  the  building  can  be  rented  so  they  will 
produce  a  net  income  or  rental  of  not  less  than  $50,000,  and  satisfactory  bonds 
be  given  to  this  effect,  a  fourteen-story  building  be  erected  in  lieu  of  the  seven- 
story  building  previously  referred  to.  Our  reasons  for  reaching  this  conclusion 
are  as  follows: 

1.  If  we  comply  with  the  City  Fire  Code,  an  expenditure  of  at  least 
$150,000  must  be  made  without  any  increased  income. 

2.  If  $400,000  is  spent,  (which  is  $250,000  more  than  is  required  to  meet 
the  demands  of  the  city),  we  will  have  an  up-to-date,  seven-story  build- 
ing to  rent,  which  will  produce  a  net  revenue  of  not  less  than  $50,000, 
and  put  the  entire  property  holdings  on  a  paying  basis. 

3.  If  the  last  recommendations  were  adopted  and  a  fourteen-story 
building  erected,  we  would  probably  have  to  borrow  $750,000.  If  bor- 
rowed from  some  large  institution,  this  would  probably  cost  us  six 
percent,  but  if  a  mortgage  were  given  and  bonds  sold  to  members  of 
the  Church  and  others,  we  believe  these  bonds  could  be  sold  at  five  per- 
cent. At  any  rate,  the  interest  charge  on  $750,000  at  six  percent  will  not 
exceed  $45,000,  and,  if  we  were  absolutely  assured  of  a  rental  income  on 
the  first  seven  floors  of  $50,000,  it  would  be  ample  to  pay  the  interest 
on  the  cost  of  construction  of  the  entire  fourteen-story  building,  thus 
leaving  the  seven  upper  stories  and  the  tower — the  most  desirable  part 
of  the  building — for  offices,  without  any  extra  overhead  charges  except 
the  ordinary  running  expenses. 

Respectfully    submitted, 

A.  S.  Krcider, 
Jay  M.   Cogan, 
W.   H.   Cassel, 

Committee. 

This  report  was  unanimously  adopted  as  an  expression  of  the  views  of  the 
Board,  one  member.  Doctor  Wcimcr,  limiting  his  approval  to  the  proposition 
to  build  only  to  seven  stories  at  this  time.  While  nothing  in  the  report  given 
is  to  be  taken  as  a  recommendation  to  the  General  Conference,  yet  the  report 
indicates  the  length  to  which  the  Board  felt  impelled  to  go  in  seeking  a  solution 
of  the  real  estate  problem.  In  the  course  of  their  prospecting  and  preliminary 
work,  the  Publishing  Agent  and  Board  have  provided  and  secured  various  ma- 
terials, such  as  plans,  estimates  of  costs  and  estimated  incomes  from  buildings, 
which  may  be  of  advantage  to  the  Committee  on  Publishing  Interests.  ' 

If  the  real  estate  at  Main  and  Fourth  streets  should  not  be  suitably  im- 
proved, the  alternative  course  would  be  to  sell  the  same.     Sentimental  consider- 

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atioiis  and  denominational  interest  might  put  in  their  plea  against  the  sale  of 
this  property  about  which  clings  so  much  of  historic  association,  but  such  plea 
would  have  to  yield  to  necessit)-. 

But  if  the  property  should  be  sold,  would  it  not  relieve  the  case  somewhat, 
if  not  fully,  if  the  Church  itself  should  be  the  purchaser?  Might  not  a  way  be 
devised  by  which  the  trustees  of  the  pension  fund,  perhaps  along  with  the 
various  Church  departments  or  other  associates,  might  acquire  this  valuable 
property  on  the  best  corner  in  the  growing  city  of  Dayton?  Office  buildings 
rightly  situated  and  rightly  constructed  are  safe  and  profitable  as  forms  of 
investment  and  present  indications  are  that  this  class  of  properties  is  entering 
on  an  era  of  enlarged  demand  and  profit. 

It  is  often  and  truly  stated  that  the  Publishing  House  exists  for  the  pro- 
motion of  all  of  the  work  of  the  Church,  that  it  must  give  out  in  many  ways  in 
connection  with  which  there  is  no  corresponding  return.  In  the  quadrennium 
ending  in  1920,  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  lost  on  its  various  periodicals 
the  large  sum  of  $169,137.51.  Yet  the  Book  Committee  having  in  charge  the 
publishing  interests  of  that  Church  in  their  report  to  the  General  Conference 
said  that  the  amount  named  was  "not  a  large  charge  to  make  against  the  pui)- 
licity  and  promotion  of  the  interests,  educational,  benevolent  and  spiritual"  of 
that  Church.  With  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  as  with  the  United  Breth- 
ren Church,  the  profits  to  meet  such  deficits  and  other  demands  must  be  made 
by  the  publishing  houses  themselves   in   other   departments   of  their   work. 

Notwithstanding  all  handicaps,  and  the  heavy  burdens  borne,  the  Publish- 
ing House  has  shown  large  earning  power,  due  in  no  small  degree  to  the  loyal 
support  of  the  Church.  Before  1897,  the  Publishing  House  paid  in  dividends  to 
the  conference,  $16,500,  and  since  that  time  has  paid  in  dividends  to  the  confer- 
ences $50,000.  The  litigation  in  our  church  case  cost  the  Publishing  House 
$35,000.  Bonuses  given  out  in  many  directions,  amounting  to  many  thousands 
of  dollars,  have  been  paid.  A  final  loss  in  closing  out  the  bookstore  of  $22,0(K) 
and  a  final  loss  of  $42,000  in  closing  out  the  International  Bible  Agency,  a 
$10(X000  flood  loss,  and  a  conservancy  tax  of  more  than  $11,000  for  the  last  year 
indicate  the  burdens  that  have  been  carried.  An  institution  that  thus  carries 
without  complaining  its  own  losses,  and  helps  in  other  cases  where  no  other 
agency  is  ready  or  able  to  help,  and  yet  adds  large  sums  to  its  net  assets  year 
by  year  and  quadrennium  by  quadrennium,  in  time  of  disturbance  by  war  ns 
well  as  in  times  of  peace,  is  no  mean  friend  or  helper.  As  we  honor  those  whose 
faithfulness  and  ability  have  brought  the  successes  of  the  past,  so  we  look  for- 
ward with  hope  to  those  who  shall  take  up  and  continue  their  work  and  per- 
form a  like  service  in  the  years  that  are  to  come. 

A.   W.   Drury. 

President  of  Board 
J.   A.   Lyter, 

Secretary  of  Board 
A.   S.   Kreider 
P.   M.  Camp 
Jay  M.   Cogan 
R.  H.  Bennett 
,  G.  A.  Lambert 

L.   C.   Weimer 
W.  H.  Cassel 


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LOVE  OF  GOD  AND  LOVE  OF  COUNTRY  ARETHE  TWO  NOBLEST 
PASSIONS  IN  A  HUMAN  HEART,  AND  THESE  TWO  UNITE  IN 

HOmE   MISSIONS."   -    Henry  Van   Dyke. 


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The  United  States  of  America  has  been  invaded 
by  three  enemy  armies  which  threaten  our  national 
existence. 

First — There  is  within  our  borders  an  army  of  five 
and  one-half  million  illiterates  above  nine  years  of 
age. 

Second — There  is  an  army  of  fifty  million  people 
above  nine  years  of  age  who  are  not  identified  with 
any  church — Jewish,  Catholic  or  Protestant. 

Third — There  is  an  army  of  twenty-seven  million 
Protestant  children  and  youths,  under  twenty-five 
years  of  age,  who  are  not  enrolled  in  any  Sunday 
school  or  other  institution  for  religious  training. 

If  these  three  armies  should  form  in  double  column, 
three  feet  apart,  they  would  reach  one  and  one-fifth 
times  around  the  globe  at  the  equator.  If  they 
should  march  in  review  before  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  moving  double  column  at  the  rate  of 
twenty-five  miles  a  day,  it  would  take  tne  three 
armies  three  years  and  five  months  to  pass  the  pres- 
ident. 

—  World  Survey. 


Help  Our  Church  to  do  Its  Share  by  Suppot*t- 
ing  the  Work  of  Home  Missions. 


The 
Fourth  Quadrennial  Report 


OF  THE 


Home  Missionary  Society 

Of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ 


For  Quadrennium  Ending  May,  1921. 


P.  M.  CAMP,  General  Secretary 

Otterbein  Press' Building 

Dayton,  Ohio 


The  Fourth  Quadrennial  Report  of  Home 
Missions  May,  1921 


To  the  Bishops  and  members  of  the  'r\vent>--eighth  (General  Ccjul'er- 
encc,  Greeting: — 

I  bring  to  you  this,  my  first  Cjuadrennial  report  of  Home  Missions: 
Although  for  seven  years  the  cliairman  ot  the  executive  board  in  the  ser- 
\ice  of  m>'  j^redecessor.  Dr.  C.  Whitney,  my  convictions  ha\'e  increased 
nian\-fold  during  the  past  ciuadrennium  that  Home  Missions  must  be 
made  a  basic  work  for  denominational  growth. 

Study  of  Conditions. 

•  The  greater  part  of  the  first  year  was  given  to  the  stu(i\-  of  the  de- 
partment, both  in  the  office  and  on  the  field.  During  this  >ear  most  of 
the  needy  territory  of  the  denomination  has  been  gone  o\-er. 

As  we  proceeded  in  our  in\-estigations,  the  whole  situation  enlarged 
and  became  graver.  New  conditions,  problems,  tasks  and  needs  con- 
stantly arose.  These  problems  and  needs  led  us  to  a  careful  study  of 
what  and  how  best  promote  Home  Missions  on  a  practical  and  possible 
basis. 

Departments  and  Policies. 

Our  stiuh'  of  the  situation  led  to  the  conxiction.  that  to  successfull)' 
maintain  and  promote  Home  Missions,  it  must  have  both  systems  and 
policies  that  would  conserve  the  best  interests  of  the  entire  work.  Ac- 
ccjrdingly  we  set  to  the  task  of  dividing  the  entire  home  mission  work 
into  definite  departments;  and  now  recognize  the  four  following, — Con- 
ference Extension,  Frontier,  Spanish-American  and  Special  rit\'  Work. 

This  makes  it  easier  to  estimate  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  promo- 
lion,  as  well  as  to  discover  a  safe  limit  in  our  promotional  work. 

\W  also  found  it  necessary  to  adopt  some  specific  |)olicies  lor  eco- 
nomic |)urposes  and  a  higher  standard  ot  o|)eration,  as  lollowsc 

First — That  the  Board  of  Administration,  or  proper  authorit\'  of  each 
annual  conference,  must  arrange  their  home  mission  approjiriations  and 
ajipointments  of  pastors   to  home  mission  charges  with  the  Home  Mis- 


sion  executive  board  before  the  meeting  of  the  annual  conferences  in  the 
fall. 

Second — That  when  an  ajipropriation  has  been  agreed  upon  and  the 
pastor  appointed  fails  to  go  to  the  field,  that  appropriation  is  cancelled 
for  the  time  being  and  a  new  agreement  must  be  entered  into  when  a 
pastor  is  appointed. 

Third — That  in  all  new  home  mission  projects  the  location,  building  and 
pastor  must  be  appro\ed  l)y  the  Home  Mission  executive  board. 

Fourth — That  when  a  home  mission  charge  has  been  receiving  an  appro- 
priation for  a  reasonable  time,  the  Home  Mission  executive  committee, 
at  its  own  discretion,  can  arrange  a  reducing  appropriation  until  entirely', 
relieved. 

Fifth — That  in  all  special  City  Mission  work,  after  the  second  or  third 
year,  whatever  the  membership  pays  to  the  salary,  half  of  it  goes  to  the 
increase  of  the  pastor's  salary,  the  other  half  to  the  reduction  of  the 
home  mission  appropriation. 

These  policies  are  working  out  most  gratifying  results  both  for  the 
mission  fields  and  the  Home  Board. 

Present  Status. 

We  are  all  conscious,  by  this  time,  of  the  terrible  consequences  of  the 
impact  of  the  world  war  upon  the  Church.  Possibly  no  department  of 
the  Church  has  felt  this  more  than  Home  Missions.  The  high  cost  of 
living  and  limited  means  has  made  it  impossible  to  retain  workers  at 
some  points.  The  high  cost  of  labor  and  material  has  made  home  mis- 
sion building  prohibitive. 

The  call  for  men  has  taken  some  of  our  best  missionaries  and  lay 
workers.  Yet  in  the  face  of  these  hardships,  our  home  mission  work 
shows  many  points  of  advancement  during  the  quadrennium. 

1 — Evangelism —  , 

Had  the  entire  Church  done  as  well  in  evangelism,  in  proportion  as 
our  home  mission  fields,  the  denomination  would  have  had  an  ingather- 
ing the  past  quadrennium  of  over  200,000. 

2 — The  Enlistment  Movement — 

In  this  great  financial  program,  the  home  mission  fields  are  at  the 
top,  Florida  being  the  first  to  report  full,  while  Oregon  reported  the 
greatest  percentage  of  surplus  over  the  quota.  Practically  all  are  giv- 
ing more  to  the  Enlistment  Movement  than  they  receive  from  the 
Home  Board,  while  many  are  giving  more  to  benevolences  than  .the 
pastor  receives  in  salary. 


3— Conference  Extension  - 

Our  conference  extension  work,  as  a  whole,  has  made  splendid  ad- 
\ancement.  With  but  few  exceptions,  all  the  Conferences  have  made 
creditable  records.  The  two  Tennessee  conferences  have  been  united 
and  are  now  making  ad\ances  on  nearly  all  fields.  California,  Colum- 
bia Ri\er  and  Oregon  conferences  have  gone  to  self-support  and  are  no 
longer  mission  conferences.  The  standard  of  equii)nu'nt  is  on  the  up- 
grade in  all  conference  extension  work. 

The  one  great  need  just  now  is  leadership.  While  we  have  a  goodh- 
number  of  very  efficient  workers,  many  more  are  needed.  Men  with 
grit,  grace  and  a  godU'  ambition.  Men  of  experience  and  vision  to 
oxercome  the  problems  of  the  home  field. 

In  connection  with  this  need  we  are  working  toward  a  better  sup- 
l)ort,  so  as  to  challenge  the  most  efficient  workers  in  the  denomination. 
To  achie\e  this  end,  there  must  be  a  closer  cooperation  between  the 
Conference  authorities  and  the  Home  Office.  This  cooperation  must 
jxirticularl)-  be  found  in  the  planning  and  promoting  of  new  work. 

4 — Our  Frontier  Work — 

No  work  in  the  home  mission  field  has  suft'ered  so  much  as  our  fron- 
tier. In  Montana,  the  severe  droughts  the  past  three  years  still  con- 
tinue, compelling  thousands  of  the  rural  people  to  abandon  their  homes. 
And  so  much  of  our  work  there  being  rural,  has  made  it  quite  difficult 
to  maintain  the  workers,  all  of  whom  have  made  untold  sacrifices  during 
this  time.  All  this  has  made  it  impractical  to  do  much  promotional 
work  in  Montana  the  past  three  years.  In  New  Mexico,  outside  of  our 
Wagon  Mound  Charge  and  Spanish-American  schools,  little  progress 
has  been  made.  Until  sufficient  Church  Erection  funds  are  available 
to  open  some  creditable  churches  in  the  cities,  little  can  be  done  to  en- 
large the  work. 

The  same  is  true  of  our  Columbia  River  work.  We  must  enter,  in  a 
business-like  way,  more  of  the  cities  or  perish.  Much  of  our  home  mis- 
sion work  in  other  frontier  states  has  been  carried  on  at  a  poor,  dying 
rate,  at  some  places  for  a  half  century  or  more,  with  no  developments. 
The  time  has  come  when  this  work  must  be  developed  or  surrendered. 

5 — Our  Special  City  Missions — 

With  the  $3S, ()()()  that  the  Church  put  into  the  home  mission  treasury 
in  November,  1918,  as  an  initial  fund  to  promote  ten  special  city  mis- 
sions, we  are  glad  to  state  that,  by  the  close  of  the  last  conference  year, 
five  of  these  missions  have  been  put  on  the  map;  namely.  Great  Falls, 
Montana;  Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana;  Rockford,  Illinois;  Louisville,  Kentuck\-: 


Save  the  City  and  Save  America 

More  than  half  of  our  population  is  in  the  city — the  nerve  center 
and  the  storm  center  of  our  American  civilization. 

The  city  has  become  a  serious  menace 
to  our  civilization. 


If  the  city  is  a  peril  to  our  civilization,  it  is  an  opportunity  to  the  Church. 
The  redemption  of  the  American  city  is  the  immediate  task  of  the  Christian 
Church.  To  win  America  we  must  win  the  American  city.  It  is  the  key  to 
the  evangelization  of  America. 

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A  special  city  mission  department  was  created  in  our  Home  Mission  work 
this  last  cuadrennium.  To  promote  this  department  $65,000  will  be  needed 
annually. 


and  Fairmont,  West  X'irgiiiia.  Within  this  conlcrcncc  year,  already 
two  more  ha\t'  been  opened;  Greene\ille,  Tennessee;  and  Second  church, 
TamiKi.  Morichi.     Two  others  are  in  conteni])lation  at  this  time. 

Xo  department  of  our  home  mission  work  is  hringiiig  such  great  and 
specd\-  returns  to  the  denomination  as  our  special  cit>-  work.  In  order 
that  what  wi'  iia\e  alreach' done  in  this  special  line  maxnot  come  into 
jeopardx  betore  its  future  is  assured,  we  have  been  tr>ing  to  conserve 
as  nuich  as  possible  from  our  current  fund,  for  the  i)r(.'sent,  to  see  it 
safely  through,  with  the  hope  that  tin'  Church  will  pro\ide  for  its  future 
continuance.  We  have  reserved  in  the  treasury,  at  present,  about 
.§().").()()()  to  bring  to  self-support  what  churches  of  this  class  we  have  al- 
ready opened,  Avith  the  hope  that  at  least  $()5,()0()  annually  will  be  add- 
ed to  the  home  mission  budget  as  a  special  City  Mission  fund,  this  to 
be  o\er  and  above  what  the  quota  to  Home  Missions  is  at  present.  In 
case  the  home  mission  budget  in  the  future  is  not  increased,  the  special 
city  mission  work,  as  a  department,  will  largely  have  to  drop  out,  since 
the  present  funds  will  largely  be  needed  in  the  future  to  develop  the  work 
in  oin-  mission  and  weak  conferences,  where  they  have  been  struggling 
for  a  half  century  with  little  growth  because  of  inadequate  support 
from  Home  Missions  and  Church  Erection. 

6 — Our  Spanish-American  Work — 

W'e  cannot  take  space  or  time  in  this  quadrennial  report  to  give  an 
intelligent  account  of  our  Spanish-American  work  in  New^  Mexico. 
The  enclosed  booklet  on  our  Spanish- American  work,  which  is  just  ofif 
the  press,  is  intended  to  make  plain  to  our  denomination,  why  our  Home 
Mission  Society  entered  upon  this  work,  what  we  are  doing,  and  what 
the  needs  are  for  future  success.  W^e  solicit  a  careful  reading  of  the  book- 
let for  the  sake  of  the  work.  In  this  report  we  confine  ourselves  to  the 
work  of  the  past  quadrennium. 

Our  first  home  mission  inspection  tour,  as  secretary,  was  to  our 
Spanish-American  work,  in  August,  1917.  We  were  at  once  impressed 
with  the  need  of  a  possible  and  practical  policy,  and  set  ourselves  to  the 
task.  The  close  of  the  quadrennium  finds  our  Spanish-American  work 
taking  on  a  deiinite  form,  with  a  fixed  goal,  and  with  both  equipment 
and  resources  sufficient  to  do  efficient  work  for  the  kingdom  at  least  on 
a  small  scale.  Our  equipment  is  not  ideal,  but  adequate  to  demonstrate 
to  the  denomination  the  real  need  and  fruit  of  such  work. 

During  the  quadrennium,  our  work  at  Alcalde,  a  purely  Spanish 
town,  was  opened.  Our  boarding  school  work  has  been  consolidated 
at  Santa  Cruz. 

A  large,  commodious  girls'  dormitory,  that  will  home  from  se\'ent\- 
five  to  one  hundred  girls,  was  completed  in  August,  1920.     An  electric 


plant  was  installed  to  li.^ht  all  lhi\'c  ot  our  huildings  al  Santa  ("ruz.  Tiic 
Edith  AlcC'urd)'  Honu'  was  fonwrti-d  into  a  hoys'  doiniitor\'.  A  lar^e 
school  room  was  pro\ided  in  the  basement  of  the  girls'  dormitor\-  for 
the  opening  of  a  two  years'  Normal  Coin"se  in  the  near  future. 

ill  XoNcniher,  11)20,  a  large  commodious  school  building  was  com- 
pleted at  Alcalde.  A  lieautiful  tive-acre  i)lat  was  donated  to  the  so- 
ciet>'  b\  Air.  Borah,  of  C'oloratlo  Springs,  Colorado.  The  building  con- 
tains two  well-equipped  modern  school  rooms,  a  cozy  four-room  apart- 
ment for  the  teachers,  with  full  equipment  throughout.  At  Velarde, 
additional  property  was  purchased  south  of  the  teachers'  home  so  as 
to  safe-guard  the  best  interests  of  our  work  there. 

At  present  there  are  eleven  in  our  staff  of  workers.  Six  teachers, 
four  matrons,  and  a  pastor. 

Arrangements  have  already  been  completed  for  a  general  superin- 
tendent of  this  work,  whose  duty  will  be  to  superintend  the  New  Mexico 
Conference,  have  general  supervision  over  our  three  schools  and  act  as 
pastor  for  the  Santa  Cruz  charge.  We  now  have  a  combined  enroll- 
ment in  the  three  schools  of  about  two  hundred.  The  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  holds  at  present  a  property  value,  in  our  Spanish-American 
wrork,  of  about  SOU, 000  with  not  a  penny  of  indebtedness. 

For  a  full  account  of  this  work  pertaining  to  its  origin,  nature,  policy 
and  future  needs,  read  the  enclosed  booklet. 

Facts  and  Finances. 

A  few  facts  and  figures  may  be  helpful  to  this  General  Conference 
in  seeing  Home  Mission's  needs  in  order  to  meet  the  tasks  that  God  has 
given  into  our  stewardship. 

The  policy  of  Home  Missions  for  the  next  quadrennium  is  not  to 
extend  the  Church's  borders,  but  develop  the  work  within  our  present 
territory.  For  the  past  two  years  we  have  given  special  study,  both 
on  the  field  and  in  the  office,  to  the  development  of  the  Home  Mission 
territory  within  our  present  sphere. 

A  brief  study  of  the  map  in  the  center  of  this  report  w^ill  give  you  a 
bird's-eye  view  of  our  undeveloped  mission  territory.  This  map  shows 
the  location  of  our  work  in  these  states,  the  self-supporting  charges,  the 
Home  Mission  charges  and  the  prf)spective  fields  that  have  been  selec- 
ted to  develop  as  rapidly  as  means  and  men  can  be  provided. 

We  have  already  selected  83  cities  situated  within  the  iiounds  of  our 
annual  conferences  in  these  various  states,  as  the  promotional  task  of 
Home  Missions  in  Special  City  Work. 


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HOME  MISSION  CHARGES- • 
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States  outlined  in  RED  are  fields  in  which  our  C  hurch  has  beep  operating  from  I 

in  the  larger  conferences,  where  the  conterence 


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MISSION  DEVELOPMENT 


to  sixty  years,  but  never  developed.     No  prospective  work  has  been  designated 
zation  is  depended  upon  to  take  the  initiative. 


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Calculating  on  a  reasonable  average  for  bringing  a  mission  charge 
to  self-supix)rt,  with  a  program  for  opening  at  least  fi\-e  new  cities  each 
\'ear,  it  will  take  for  this  work  alone  $()5,()(H)  annually  for  both  promo- 
tion and  maintenance. 

Next,  we  call  \our  attention  to  our  Conference  Extension  work. 

The  following  chart  shows  the  figures,  according  to  the  last  \-ear  book, 
of  the  thirteen  undexeloped  states  as  shown  in  the  map.  The  first  col- 
umn gives  the  number  of  years  the  conference  was  organized.  The 
second  column,  the  numljer  of  charges  at  present.  The  third,  the  mem- 
bership. The  fourth,  the  amount  appropriated  by  the  home  board  the 
present  year. 


Appropriated 

No.  of  years 

by  Home  Poard 

Organized 

No.  of  Charges 

Membership 

Present    Year 

Michigan 

60 

29 

3,412 

SI,  700. 00 

Tennessee 

56 

25 

3,206 

5,200.00 

Florida 

19 

5 

500 

1 ,950.00 

Wisconsin 

()3 

19 

3,205 

900.00 

Missouri 

(53 

31 

3,923 

2,010.00 

Minnesota 

64 

15 

1,430 

1,300.00 

Oklahoma 

24 

38 

3,306 

4,500.00 

Montana 

11 

15 

984 

6,500.00 

Colorado 

50 

13 

1.748 

3,950.00 

New  Mexico 

7 

5 

206 

7,950.00 

Washington 

5() 

15 

853 

1,600.00 

Oregon 

67 

22 

1,941 

4,200.00 

California 

55 

21 
253 

2,251 

2,600.00 

2(),9()5 

$44,3()().00 

A  mere  glance  at  these  figures  makes  it  plain  to  any  one  why  these 
conferences  have  made  so  little  advancement  all  these  years.  In  order 
to  properly  develop  these  conferences,  Home  Missions  must  have  at 
least  .SiJO.OOO  annualh'  to  |:)Ut  into  tins  work  for  conference  extension 
alone.  The  salaries  must  be  such  as  to  challenge  the  strongest  men  in 
the  denomination.  It  will  require  .$15,000  additional,  outside  of  these 
thirteen  states,  inaking  a  total  of  .$75,00(1  annualh",  for  our  conterence 
extension  work  the  coming  ciuadrennium. 

Our  |)rogram  and  needs  of  our  Spanish-American  work  for  the  next 
quadrennium  are  given  in  the  enclosed  booklet.  W^e  trust  you  will  not 
fail  to  read  it  carefully.  ' 

This,   briefly,   is  Home  Missions  plan   for  tlie  coming  (luadrennium. 

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I'o  launch  thus  prosTrani  without  adequate  resources  being  guaranteed 
would  onK  bring  disaster  and  ultimate  failure.  Accordingly,  Home 
Missions  has  not  yet  enlarged  the  i)rogram  conunensurate  to  the  Enlist- 
ment Moxi'MU'iit,  hut  is  waiting  lor  tlu'  action  ol  this  body  tor  the  next 
ciuadrennium. 

We  belie\'e  it  a  jiart  of  ( iood  Churchnianship  tor  any  department 
not  to  exceed  its  resources  in  promotional  work. 

The  halan(-e  in  tlu'  Home  Mission  treasur>'  today  is  not  an  accident, 
nor  the  result  of  an  inadequate  program  in  the  past,  but  the  fruit  of  a 
caret ul  planning  in  order  to  launch  a  larger  home  mission  program  if 
this  General  C^)nference  will  fix  a  safe  basis  of  resources  to  execute  the 
program. 

We  trust  that  the  foregoing  facts  and  figures  have  made  this  clear 
to  all  of  you. 

New  Departments. 

In  harmony  with  the  spirit  of  this  age  and  God's  claims  upon  this 
generation,  as  well  as  to  maintain  our  place  as  a  denomination  in  the 
great  Protestant  ranks  of  America,  we  must,  in  the  near  future,  enter 
to  some  degree  into  more  of  the  departments  of  home  mission  work. 
We  have  little  place  under  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  as  a  church,  if  we  do 
not  bear  our  commensurate  part  in  the  solution  of  our  national  prob- 
lems touching  our  civilization  and  moral  welfare. 

The  Negro  problem  will  never  be  settled  except  on  the  basis  of  the 
gospel.  Prohibiting  foreign  emigration  will  never  settle  the  alien  prob- 
lem in  America.  The  gospel  alone  will  transform  them  into  useful  and 
loyal  citizens.  The  Spanish-Americans  are  fast  covering  our  whole 
land  with  little  or  no  thought  for  the  principles  of  our  government  and 
institutions.     They  need  education,  Christianity  and  civilization. 

When  will  we  enter  these  fields? 

Tasks  Ahead 

One  of  the  greatest  tasks  for  Home  Missions,  in  our  denomination, 
is  to  establish  a  promotional  and  comprehensive  standard  of  work.  Too 
many  in  the  Church  still  think  that  whatever  we  do  is  sufiticient:  that 
no  standard  of  quantity  or  (}uality  is  neederl. 

This  is  all  wrong.  Church  comit}',  church  federation,  and  Ameri- 
ca's challenge  to  the  Church  for  this  day,  demands  that  we  make  good 
our  ]:)rofession  of  faith  or  surrender  the  field.  Hence,  to  meet  the  tasks 
ahead,  our  denominational  forces  must  be  so  adjusted  as  to  build  a  sym- 
metrical and  adequate  denominational  life. 

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Our  honu'  mission  work  imisl  i)c  so  rrcntorccd  as  not  onl\'  to  pro\i(lc' 
for  the  maintenance  of  our  present  work,  but  j)romote  new  work  in  har- 
mony with  the  spirit  of  this  age.  We  should  not  only  do  more  promo- 
tional work  in  tlie  dejiartments  already  established,  but  i)romote  two 
new  de{iartments.  that  of  Alien  work  in  cities  and  Negro  work  in  America. 

These  are  some  of  the  tasks  which  we  beliexe  the  great  Protestant 
communion  and  brotherhood  of  America  is  committing  to  us  toda>'. 
Tlu'  (piestion  is,  will  we  as  a  Church  entiT  upon  the  tasks? 

Our  Future  Needs. 

The  hrst  need  just  ahead  of  us,  is  the  dexelopment  of  the  home  mis- 
sion work  we  already  ha\e  in  hand. 

In  the  department  of  Conference  Extension,  we  have  some  thirteen 
states  in  which  we  ha\e  been  operating  from  twenty  to  sixty-five  \-ears 
with  Init  little  de\-elopmen-t.  Our  frontier  work  needs  reorganization 
for  etificienc)';  so  that  our  Conference  Extension  Department  will  need 
as  a  minimum  annual  budget,  $75, ()()(). 

Our  special  cit\'  work,  if  we  plan  to  open  fixe  new  missions  each 
year,  will  require  an  annual  budget  of  .^(i.xUOO  for  both  promotion  and 
maintenance.  If  we  can  carry  out  this  program  in  special  city  work, 
every  ten  years  will  add  to  our  denomination  what  will  be  equal  to  one 
of  our  larger  conferences. 

Our  Spanish-American  work,  during  the  next  cjuadrennium,  will 
need  an  annual  budget  of  .$1.3, ()()()  for  maintenance. 

The  administrative  expense  will  approximate  .$10,000  annualh'. 

Thus  to  properly  maintain  and  promote  the  work  we  alread\"  ha\e  in 
hand  will  reciuire  an  annual  budget  of  at  least  $10.'5,0(JO. 

Besides  the  above  annual  i:)udget,  it  will  require  $20,000  for  enlarge- 
ment and  equii)ment  of  buildings  in  our  Si:)anish-American  work  during 
the  quadrennium. 

In  addftion  to  finances,  Home  Missions  will  need  more  trained  \york- 
ers,  men  with  a  spiritual  vision,  trained  for  service,  dedicated  to  great 
tasks,  and  with  a  will  to  succeed.  IVIen  who  do  not  stagger  at  difficul- 
ties, but  wrestle  with  hardships  clean  through  to  complete  \ictor>-. 
Men  that  nothing  but  actual  death  will  baffle. 

Home  Mission  Education. 

During  the  past  quadrennium,  the  Home  Mission  Office  has  iieen 
permitted  to  put  on  two  special  campaigns. 

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The  Special  City  Mission  Campiiign,  which  was  put  on  in  1918,  was 
both  a  financial  and  educational  campaign.     The  object  was  to  raise  an 

initial  fund  of  $.")(),()()()  to  open  some  special  cit\'  missions. 

Splendid  encouragement  was  received  in  this  campaign,  but  about 
the  time  the  program  was  to  be  put  on  in  the  local  churches,  the  influ- 
enza epidemic  closed  most  of  them,  yet  in  spite  of  this  hindrance  the 
Church  gave  an  offering  of  S.3.S, ()()(). 

In  this  campaign,  a  very  attractive  booklet  entitled,  "Keep  the  Home 
Fires  Burning,"  was  issued;  20,000  copies  of  which  were  distributed  over 
the  Church.  Also  a  very  attractive  poster,  containing  many  facts,  was 
prepared  and  distributed  to  all  the  churches  and  Sabbath  schools  in  the 
denomination. 

Besides  these,  many  articles  were  furnished  for  all  our  Church  per- 
iodicals setting  forth  the  needs  of  this  work,  as  well  as  our  home  mis- 
sion work  in  general. 

Then  in  the  United  Enlistment  Campaign  of  1920,  Home  Missions 
contributed  its  commensurate  part  both  in  contributions  to  the  Church 
periodicals  and  in  field  work. 

In  November,  1920,  a  joint  educational  program  was  put  on  by  Home 
Missions  and  Church  Erection.  Nineteen  thousand  copies  of  a  booklet 
entitled,  "Seeing  and  Saving  America,"  were  sent  all  over  the  denomi- 
nation. Besides  these,  all  our  Church  periodicals  carried  articles,  during 
the  month  of  November,  on  promotional  work  in  both  Home  Missions 
and  Church  Erection. 

According  to  the  present  program,  as  given  to  the  different  depart- 
ments by  the  Board  of  Administration,  no  little  concern  is  felt  as  to  how 
best  to  promote  home  mission  education.  To  glut  the  Church  periodi- 
cals for  a  month  or  two  with  home  mission  matter,  then  drop  out  of  ex- 
istence entirely  for  ten  months  of  the  year,  is  a  poor  educational  policy. 
The  work  of  Home  Missions  must  be  given  to  the  Church  twelve  months 
in  the  year  instead  of  two.  What  i»  really  needed,  is  a  more  specific 
account  of  Home  Missions  as  related  to  our  own  Church,  the  nature  and 
kind  of  work  as  well  as  the  needs.  .Space  is  needed  in  our  periodicals 
from  time  to  time,  for  advertising,  displays,  descriptions,  statistics, 
reports,  plans  and  policies,  with  accounts. of  such  promotional  work  as 
ma\'  be  taken  up  from  time  to  time. 

The  office  is  in  position  to  supi)lement  this  work  with  leaflets,  tracts, 
and   booklets  concerning   the  specific  departments  ot    the  home  w(^rk. 

We  trust  that  the  Ceneral  Conference  will  proxide  a  way  for  larger 
and  more  specific  home  mission  educ^itional  work. 

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W.  M.  A.  Cooperation. 

Our  Woman's  Missionary  Association  is  hcconiinj?  more  and  more  a 
tunctioninti  part  in  our  home  mission  work.  This  is  true  not  only  of 
the  two  members  on  the  home  executive  Board,  but  of  their  staff  of 
office  workers,  their  Board  of  Trustees  and  in  their  national  bod>'.  This 
complete  cooperation  on  the  part  of  the  \V.  M.  A.  with  Home  Missions 
makes  theW.  M.  A.  an  integral  ])art  in  denominational  building  in  order 
to  enlarge  our  work  abroad.  Our  magnificent  new  school  building  at 
Alcalde,  New  Mexico,  of  which  we  are  justly  proud,  was  made  possible 
1)\-  the  gifts  from  the  Otterbein  Guilds.  The  annual  offerings  from  the 
\V.  M.  A.  to  our  special  city  and  Spanish-American  work,  have  brought 
many  rich  blessings  to  these  interests. 

This  cooperation  on  the  part  of  our  W.  M.  A.  and  Otterbein  (luilds 
with  Home  Missions,  is  a  growing  inspiration  to  our  home  mission  pas- 
tors to  open  out  the  way  for  our  W.  M.  A.  work.  This  is  as  it  should  be, 
since  e\-ery  home  mission  opened  becomes  an  opportunity  for  the  exten- 
sion of  our  W.  M.  A.  work.  This  cooperation  also  interests  many 
women  in  \V.  M.  A.  work  that  were  not  interested  before  this  coopera- 
tion. 

Home  Missions  is  happ>'  in  this  fellowshijD  and  trusts  that  in  the  fu- 
ture there  will  be  a  still  more  mutual  sharing  of  the  great  work  in  the 
home-field  in  order  to  increase  our  resources  for  w'ork  abroad.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  gifts  from  the  W.M.A.  and  Otterbein  Guilds  to  Home 
Missions  the  past  quadrennium:  1918,  $17,727.94;  1919,  |2S,023.(i2;  1920, 
$2S.()0().29  and  1921,  $29,673.82,  making  a  total  of  $103,431. G7. 

Summary  and  Statistics. 

During  the  quadrennium  our  home  missions  had  8,089  accessions. 
It  is  worthy  of  note  that  if  our  whole  Church  had  done  as  well  in  propor- 
tion as  our  home  mission  fields,  there  would  have  been  added  to  the 
Church  227,000  members.  Sixty-eight  missions  have  gone  off  the  list 
during  the  quadrennium  and  fifty-four  have  been  taken  on,  twenty-two 
of  which  are  city  Missions,  as  follows:  Clifton,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Trinity, 
Detroit,  Michigan;  Peoria,  Illinois;  Second  church,  Spokane,  Washing- 
. ton;  Kenmore,  Ohio;  Kidder  Memorial,  Jamestown,  New  York;  Wash- 
ington Ave.,  Columbus,  Ohio;  Second  church,  Nashville,  Tennessee; 
First  church,  Wabash,  Indiana;  Fourth  church,  Portland,  Oregon; 
Rockford,  Illinois;  Hamilton,  Ohio;  Kansas  City  University,  Kansas; 
Great  Falls,  Montana;  Fairmont,  West  Virginia;  Second  church,  Tampa, 
Florida;  Plymouth-Peoria,  Illinois;  Louisville,  Kentucky;  Ames,  Iowa; 
Cheviot,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Marble  City,  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  and 
Greeneville,  Tennessee. 

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The  First  Seven  of  Our 


United  Brcthroi  Church  at  Rockford,  Illinois. 

The  Church  in  Great  Falls,  Montana.  South  Wayne  Church,  Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana. 

The  Cadle  Memorial   Tabernacle,  Louisville,  Kentuckv. 


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5;pecial  City  Missions. 


The  church  and  congrcgiiiio)i   nt  i-iilnnont,  11 .   I  <i- 
Greeneville,  Tenn.,  our  newest  city  mission,  organized  November,  H)2() 
The  seventh  mission  is  Tampa,  Florida,,  second,  not  pictured. 


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Our  1921  annual  report  shows  the  following  statistics:  14,475  mem- 
bers on  our  home  mission  fields.  An  average  of  7,782  at  preaching 
services,  and  at  Sunday  school  9,242  w^ith  an  enrollment  of  17,594. 
There  are  on  our  lists  at  present  130  missionaries  serving  158  appoint- 
ments. Last  year  there  were  2,243  accessions  and  $246,354.22  paid  by 
our  mission  fields  for  all  purposes. 

A  Word  of  Gratitude. 

Much  of  the  success  of  Home  Missions  during  the  quadrennium  is 
due  to  the  efificiency  of  our  educational  secretary,  Miss  Lyda  B.  Wiggim, 
whose  many  years  of  faithful  service  in  the  oflfice  has  made  her  a  safe  and 
valuable  counsellor,  assuming  for  weeks  at  a  time  the  entire  responsi- 
bility of  the  oflfice  while  the  secretary  was  in  the  field.  We  also  desire 
to  express  our  appreciation  of  the  splendid  and  faithful  services  of  Mrs. 
Mary  Curl  in  her  department. 

We  owe  much  to  the  painstaking,  self-sacrificing  and  loyal  services 
of  the  executive  members,  Drs.  Owen,  Siddall,  Brewbaker,  Whitney, 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Fout  and  Mrs.  W.  O.  Fries. 

We  are  profoundly  grateful  for  the  respect  and  cooperation  of  all  the 
Bishops,  conference  superintendents,  pastors,  laymen  and  all  our  work- 
ers on  the  field. 


Respectfully, 


P.  M.  CAMP, 

General  Secretary 


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Home  Missions 

Builds 

A  Greater  Denomination 


Since  the  Home  Missionary  Society  has  been  a 
separate  organization,  42,834  members  have  been 
received  into  the  Church  through  our  Home  Missions. 
If  the  whole  Church  had  done  as  well,  proportionately 
as  our  home  missions  these  sixteen  years,  there  would 
have  been  added  to  the  Church  over  a  million 
members. 

During  this  period,  there  has  been  appropriated  to 
our  Home  Missions  .$601,121.69;  the  missions  have 
contributed  for  all  purposes,  $1,858,596.67,  or  in 
other  words,  the  Church  received  from  them  three 
dollars  for  every  one  expended,  besides  42,834  souls 
saved. 

One  hundred  and  two  city  missions  have  been  pro- 
moted; 376  missions  in  cities,  villages  and  on  the 
frontier  have  been  aided — enough  fields  to  have  put 
on  the  map  three  such  conferences  as  East  Ohio, 
Miami  and  Pennsylvania. 


A  Greater  Denommation 

Hastens 

The  Kmgdom 


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pantBti-Ammran 


Work  in  Nnu  jflexiro 


Our  Workers 


The  United  Brethren  Home  Missionary  Society 
Dayton,   Ohio 


OUR 

Spanish -American  Work 


IN 


New  Mexico 


Its  Origin 

lis  Nature 

Reasons  for  the  Work 

Achieoements  Past  Quadrennium 

Our  Policy 

Our  Future  Needs 

Ways  to  Assist  the  Work. 


HOME  MISSIONARY  OFFICE 

Otterbein    Press   Building 

Dayton,   Ohio 

1921 


OUR  SPANISH -AMERICAN  WORK 


So  main'  people  wonder  \vh>  we,  as  a  denomination,  are 
gi\"inij  attention   to  sehool  work  in   New    Mexico. 

This  little  booklet  is  intended  to  answer  the  above  cjuery 
and  at  the  same  time  to  make  plain  to  otir  denomination  why 
our  Home  Mission  Society  entered  upon  this  work;  what  we 
are  doing,  and  what  the  needs  are  for  future  success. 

ITS  ORIGIN 

Our  Spanish-American  work  in  New  Mexico  was  begun 
at  Velarde,  October  12,  11)12.  This  is  the  day  that  Miss 
Mellie  Perkins,  the  originator  and  pioneer  of  our  Spanish- 
American  work,  landed  at  Velarde,  New  Mexico.  We  regret 
that  we  do  not  ha\'e  space  to  print  her  first  impressions  and 
early  experiences  as  she  entered  upon  this  work,  so  far  from 
home  and  among  not  only  foreigners  but  almost  heathen. 

Miss  Perkins  organized  our  work  here  amid  many  hard- 
ships and  difficulties,  and  had  charge  of  the  work  till  1915, 
when  she  placed  it  in  others'  hands,  while  she  herself  went 
about  eighteen  miles  further  down  the  Rio  Grande  river 
toward  Santa  Fe,  the  capital  of  the  State,  and  opened  another 
school  at  Santa  Ouz. 

In  the  summer  of  1917,  a  third  school  w^as  opened  at  Al- 
calde, about  half  wa>-  between  Santa  Cruz  and  Velarde. 

ITS  NATURE 

There  are  sexeral  jihases  to  our  S])anish-American  work 
in  New  Mexico.  In  the  first  place,  we  ha\e  standard  schools, 
according  to  the  highest  standard  prescribed  by  the  State. 
We  complete  grade  school  work  and  prepare  the  pupils  for 
first-class  high  school   work. 


■•■■I 


Another  phase  of  the  work  is  the  rehgious.  Not  only  is 
there  daily  worship  in  the  schools,  but  reading  and  study  of 
the  Scripture.  Then  the  boys  and  girls  are  urged  to  attend 
our  Bible  school  and  worship  on  the  Sabbath.  Much  is  made 
of  Christian  Endeaxor  among  the  young  people.  A  regular 
pastor  is  maintained  for  the  three  schools  and  regular  preach- 
ing services  are  maintained.  At  Santa  Ouz,  we  ha\e  a  reg- 
ular organized  church. 

At  \'elarde  and  Alcalde  we  ha\"e  but  plaza  schools.  The 
children  come  from  their  own  homes  each  (la\'  and  return  in 
the  exening. 

At  Santa  Cruz  we  maintain  both  a  plaza  and  boarding 
school.  The  boarding  pupils  come  to  us  in  the  fall  and  stay 
till  school  closes  in  the  spring.  It  is  in  this  work  that  the 
greatest  results  are  achieved,  as  here  we  ha\e  both  the  boys 
and    girls   under   our   complete   supervision. 

The  boys  are  homed  in  the  boys' dormitory  and  are  under 
the  direct  supervision  of  the  pastor  and  his  wife,  while  the 
girls  are  homed  in  the  girls'  dormitory  under  the  supervision 
of  three  matrons. 

Besides  the  school  and  church  work,  the  girls  are  taught 
American  cooking,  housekeeping,  plain  sewing,  needle  work, 
and  music.  The  boys  are  taught  such  home  and  out-door 
work  as  our  present  facilities  afford.  We  hope  the  time  will 
soon  come  when  modern  methods  in  both  garden  and  fruit 
growing  can  be  taught. 

REASONS  FOR  THE  WORK 

A  few  people  in  the  Church  have  criticized  the  Home 
Board  for  going  into  this  work,  on  the  ground  that  the  Span- 
ish-Americans are  imbedded  in  another  religion.  On  this 
ground,  practicalh'  all  our  foreign  missionaries  would  have 
to  be  called  home.  This  criticism  comes  from  the  same  kind 
of  a  spirit  that  criticized  Christ  for  taking  the  gospel  to  the 
I)ul)li("ans  and   Samaritans. 


•^mmi 


Ia'I  us  look  .It  this  Spanish-Auu'rican  (iiicstioii  troni  sc'\'- 
eral  \ic\vpoints.  Tlic  Spanish  toni^ue  is  the  hirgost  in  the 
work!  to(hi>'.  The  Spanish-Anu'ri(\ins  are  spreading  oN'er 
the  Soutiuvest  and  Central  West  states  at  an  alarming  rati'. 
They  are  ignorant  both  of  Christianity  and  the  basic  prin- 
ciples of  our  national  life.  A  Rei)ublic  like  America  can  be 
secure  and  promoted  onl\  1)\-  the  xoliintar)'  acts  and  good 
will  of  its  people.  The  injection  of  the  un-American  spirit 
of  the  millions  of  aHens  and  Spanish  people  into  our  Ameri- 
can life  nuist  stagger,  ii  not  e\'entually  overthrow,  the  basic 
principles  of  our  national  life.  The  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ, 
through  the  Protestant  Cdiurch  of  America,  is  the  only  remedy 
tor  these  luidermining  forces.  The  i)id)lic  schools  of  the 
rural  sections  of  New  Mexico  are  wretchedly  deficient;  so 
that  dense  ignorance  prevails  in  all  that  country  among  the 
Spanish   people. 

It  is  impossible  to  promote  the  true  Christian  religion 
where  such  dense  ignorance  and  superstition  prevails. 

No  one,  not  having  visited  that  country  can  form  any 
conception  of  the  poverty,  ignorance,  superstition  and  deg- 
radation of  those  Spanish  people  in  the  Southwest.  And 
so  long  as  the  federal  government  does  not  step  in  there  and 
provide  a  standard  public  school  system  with  standard  and 
efficient  teachers,  the  only  thing  for  the  Protestant  churches 
to  do,  in  order  to  promote  the  Christian  religion  among  this 
people,  is  to  maintain  standard  schools  of  their  own,  whicl\^ 
all  the  denominations  are  doing  that  are  promoting  home 
mission   work   among    the   Spanish-American   people. 

So  our  Spanish-American  work  is  necessary,  not  only 
from  the  viewpoint  of  our  ntitional  welfare,  but  from  the 
viewpoint  of  the  evangelization  and  Christianization  of  this 
exer-increasing  Spanish-American  people,  who  are  becoming 
an  organic  part  of  our  nationality  and  civilization.  'Tis 
true  the  Christian  religion  will  nex'er  make  all  the  people  of 
America  of  one  l)lood,  but  it  can  make  them  of  one  mind, 
and  that  the  mind  of  Jesus  Christ,  whose  life  and  spirit  alone 
can  make  us  all  of  one  purpose,  mind,  and  kingdom. 


Main'  more  reasons  (H)u1(1  he  gi\en;  l)iil  we  trust  that 
the  al)()\"e  is  sufficient  to  make  plain  to  an\-  why  we  are  pro- 
moting this  Spanish-American  work  in  New  Mexico. 

ACHIEVEMENTS  THE  PAST  QUADRENNIUM 

No  department  of  our  home  mission  work  has  given  the 
Home  Office  so  much  concern  and  anxiety  as  our  Spanish- 
American  work. 

The  work,  four  years  ago,  was  just  in  its  infancy,  and 
indeed  still  is.  But  from  the  beginning  of  our  connection 
with  the  work,  it  seemed  apparent  that  it  needed  reorganiza- 
tion under  a  well-defined  policy  with  some  specific  goals. 
Information  was  gathered  from  many  sources.  Much  time 
was  given  to  prayer  for  proper  guidance  in  a  sane,  practical 
and  possible  course.  Under  these  impulses  we  tried  to  grap- 
ple with  the  task.  Many  good  plans  presented  themselves, 
but  resources  and  maintenance  staggered  us  at  many  points. 
We  needed  a  practical,  possible  policy.  We  needed  equip- 
ment. We  needed  resources  and  maintenance;  we  needed 
workers  and  friends  for  the  cause.  But  we  held  steady  to 
the  needs  and  claims;  and  the  close  of  the  quadrennium. 
May  1,  1921,  finds  our  Spanish-American  work  taking  on  a 
definite  form  with  a  fixed  goal,  and  with  both  equipment 
and  resources  sufficient  to  do  efficient  work  for  the  kingdom 
at  least  on  a  small  scale. 

Our  equipment  is  not  ideal,  but  adequate  to  deuK^nstrate 
to  the  denomination  the  real  needs  and  fruit  of  such  work. 

During  the  quadrennium  our  work  at  Alcalde,  a  piireh" 
Spanish  town,  was  opened.  Our  l)oarding-school  work  has 
been  consolidated  at  Santa  Ouz.  A  large,  commodious  girls' 
d()rmitor\-.  that  will  home  from  seventy-five  to  a  hundred 
girls,  was  completed  in  August,  1920.  An  electric  plant 
was  installed  to  light  all  three  of  our  buildings  at  Santa  Ouz. 
The  Edith  McCurdy  Home  was  converted  into  a  l)oys'  dor- 
mitory. A  large  school  room  was  provided  in  the  basement 
of  the  girls'  dormitory  for  the  opening  of  a  two  years'  normal 


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course  in  the  near  future.     This  will  upvn  the  way  for  tlic 
preparation  of  efficient   teachers   for   that  entire  section. 

In  November,  \\)'2{),  a  hirge,  commodious  sciiool  buildins; 
was  completed  at  Alcalde.  A  beautiful  fi\e-acre  plat  was 
<lonated  to  the  Home  Society  by  Mr.  Borah,  of.  Colorado 
Springs,  Colorado.  The  building  contains  two  well-ec|uippe(i 
modern  school  rooms;  a  cozy  four-room  apartment  tor  the 
teachers;  a  large  basement  with  hot-air  furnace  to  heat  the 
entire  building;  a  good  sanitary  well,  convenient  to  teachers' 
apartment. 

At  X'elarde,  additional  property  was  purchased  south  of 
our  teachers'  home  so  as  to  safeguard  the  l)est  interests  of 
our  work  there. 

The  total  \aluation  of  our  three  mission  properties  is 
about  -sriO.OOO. 

At  present  there  are  eleven  in  our  staff  of  workers.  Six 
teachers,  four  matrons  and  a  pastor.  Arrangements  have 
already  been  completed  for  a  general  superintendent  of  our 
work  whose  duty  will  be  to  superintend  the  New  Mexico 
conference,  have  general  supervision  over  our  three  schools 
and  act  as  pastor  for  the  Santa  Cruz  charge. 

There  is  now  a  combined  enrollment  in  the  three  schools 
of  about   two   hundred. 

At  Santa  Cruz  we  also  ha\e  a  church  organization  with 
a    membership    of    fort>-four. 

OUR  POLICY 

In  framing  a  polic\-  for  our  Spanish-American  work,  a 
number  of  faots  had  to  be  kept  in  mind.  One  was  that  the 
Catholic  Church  has  held  almost  absolute  sway  in  that  coun- 
try"    for    man}"    centuries. 

Another  was,  that  we,  as  a  denomination,  had  very  limit- 
ed means  for  such  a  task  and  that  we,  as  a  church,  had  still 
less  knowledge  than  means  of  the  real  needs  of  that  work. 

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And  most  of  all.  we  were  confronted  with  the  fact  that,  in 
both  means  and  numbers,  the  growth  to  the  denomination 
would  be  extremely  slow. 

In  the  face  of  these  three  facts  we  tried  to  make  a  careful 
study  of  the  whole  situation,  and  then  to  settle  on  some  def- 
inite course.  Many  changes  may  yet  have  to  be  made;  but 
the  following  are  some  of  the  rules  that  we  have  been  trying 
to  incorporate  into  a  policy  for  our  Spanish-American  work: 

First — That  there  must  be  no  antagonism,  in  any  way, 
to  any  existing  religion  about  us.  That  if  we  cannot  convince 
by  education,  training,  and  the  teaching  of  the  gospel  of  Christ 
and  Christian  example  that  our  claims  are  better,  then  we 
must  fail. 

Second — That  we  must  keep  in  mind  the  denomination's 
very  limited  quota  to  Home  Missions.  That  while  w^e  hope 
to  do  a  creditable  share  in  the  great  Spanish-American  field, 
we  must  not  allow  that  to  hinder  our  Conference  Extension, 
Frontier  and  Special  City  Mission  Work.  Some  think  that 
we  ought  to  pay  better  salaries,  put  in  more  convenient  equip- 
ment and  enlarge  beyond  what  we  have.  All  these  things 
are  desirable,  but  until  the  denomination  grows  up  to  a  larger 
support  for  Home  Missions  and  particularly  our  Spanish- 
American  work,  we  must  be  content  with  what  we  have. 

Third — That  for  several  reasons,  we  have  fixed,  as  a  pol- 
icy, a  certain  nominal  sum  to  be  paid  by  each  one  seeking  the 
privileges  of  our  schools.  It  teaches  them  the  value  of  such 
privileges  and  the  necessity  of  a  loyal  support  of  all  welfare 
work  for  the  betterment  of  their  own  condition.  Again, 
it  makes  the  pupils  themselves  more  punctual  and  attentive 
to  their  school  work.  While  we  ask  a  fee  of  but  twenty-five 
cents  per  month  for  plaza  puj^ils  and  a  fee  of  fifty  dollars 
for  each  pupil  that  is  fed  and  homed  the  entire  school  year, 
yet  it  means  considerable  toward  the  curreiit  expense  of  the 
school. 

F"ourth-  It  is  the  polic>'  of  the  school,  in  e\er\'  phase  ot 
the  work,   to  instil  real  Christian  principles  into  the  minds 

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of  nil  the  pupils,  to  give  them  a  higher  standard  of  morality, 
insjjire  a  higher  standard  of  home  life,  teach  the  dignity  of 
labor  and  a  common  brotherhood.  In  fact  one  of  the  great- 
est tasks  in  the  entire  work  is  that  of  disciplining  the  minds 
and  conduct  of  those  crude  children  whose  genealogy  for 
many  generations  has  been  little  ahoxe  animal  instinct  and 
passion. 

OUR  FUTURE  NEEDS 

We  have  already  mentioned  the  fact  that  our  S])anish- 
American  work  is  yet  in  its  infanc>'. 

And  while  we  consider  that  we  nf)w  ha\e  creditable  build- 
ings and  equipment,  yet  as  we  look  into  the  work  as  it  is, we 
discover  many  and  great  needs  for  the  future.  The  follow- 
ing are  some  of  the  most  important  that  will  have  to  be  met- 
within    a    number    ot    \-ears: 

1  An  adequate  water  s\stein  at  Santa  ("ruz.  This  will 
j)robabl\'  inii)i_\'  a  sewerage  system  of  a  mile  aiul  a  half,  and 
will  have  to  be  laifl  underneath  two  irrigating  ditches.  It 
will  refiuiri-  an  outdoor  elexated  tank  sufficient  to  suppl\- 
the  three  buildings.  Another  well  v\ill  need  to  be  put  down 
efiuip])ed  with  gas  engine  and  building  suitable  for  operating 
the  same.  A  complete  system  of  jjlumbing  will  ha\e  to  be 
installed  for  tire  jirotection,  domestic  use,  laundry  and  bath. 
It  is  eviflent  that  it  will  cost  many  thousand  dollars  to  install 
this,   our   greatest    need,    just    now. 

2  <)ur  boys'  (jormitorx  is  eiitireU  inadecpiati',  <ind  not 
ver>'  well  ada[)te(l  to  the  vvork.  However,  it  needs  enlarging 
and    changing   in    a    nulnber   ol    w^ays. 

I'irst,  it  should  be  enlarged  so  as  to  accommodate  at  least 
fifty  boys.  This  calls  for  considerable  more  (lormitor\'  and 
study  room.  Another  stairv\a\'  will  lia\e  to  be  built  in  so  as 
to  admit  the  boys  to  their  dormitory  (quarters  from  their 
own  apartments  instead  of  having  to  go  through  the  pastor's 
apart  ments. 

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In  addition  to  tlic^r  ciilar.m'nu'nts,  wc  nred  a  small  tract 
of  land  King  just  south  of  our  iJropcrtN  as  a  plaN'^roinid  lor 
the  l)()\s,  part  of  w  hich  can  \  i'r\  niccK  be  set  apart  tor  cimu- 
cter\-    i)urposes. 

',i — Two  more  (U'i)artments  should  be  added  to  our  s(-hool 
work.  One  is,  a  two  Ncars'  normal  course  tor  our  grade 
graduates  and  such  others  as  might  want  to  come  in  trom 
outside  schools  to  prepare  themselves  for  teaching  and  com- 
mercial life.  Nothing  would  so  rapidly  improve  the  moral 
and  religious  conditions  in  that  section  as  to  have  those  young 
people,  who  come  up  through  our  schools  after  taking  a  nor- 
mal training,  go  out  o\er  that  countr\-  and  estaljlish  stan- 
dard public  schools,  thus,  not  onl>  gi\  ing  a  higher  standard 
of  education,  but  a  higher  standard  ot  morals  as  well. 

Right  in  this  line  also  we  are  hojiing  that  as  our  l)o\s  and 
girls  complete  their  work  and  go  out  into  life,  the\-  will  also 
set  up  higher  standards  of  home  life,  thus  instilling  new- 
ideals    for   all    the    i)eople. 

The  other  department  that  is  nuich  needed  is  Manual 
and  Industrial  Training  for  the  bo\s.  In  connection  with 
their  school  work  nothing  would  be  m(jre  helpful  to  those 
boys  than  to  be  taught  how  to  make  and  do  things.  How 
different  that  country  would  become  if  those  boys  were  given 
higher  ideas  of  home  construction  and  making.  The  mater- 
ial is  there,  it  simpK'  needs  minds  to  construct. 

The  same  is  true  in  reference  to  industries  and  farming. 
What  could  be  made  out  of  that  country  if  the  people  were 
onh-  aroused  and  trained  to  the  tasks  and  possibilities! 

4 — Another  need  calling  right  now  is  the  re])airing  and 
remodeling  of'our  buildings  at  Velarde.  While  our  buildings 
here  are  comfortable  enough  with  a  little  repair,  they  are  illy 
adapted  for  the  work  in  hand.  What  is  realK'  needed  is  the 
remodeling  of  the  present  chapel  so  as  to  gi\e  us  two  modern 
school    rooms,    thoroughK'    e(iiu'{)ped. 

As  it  is  now  ,  tin-  lower  grades  must  be  taken  into  a  large 

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Transporting  children  to    the   Santa  Cruz  School  from  Espanola. 

The  Crown  Drill  at  the  dedication  of  the  Girls'  Dormitory. 

A  typical  Indian  or  Mexican  Corral. 


room  of  the  teachers'  home,  which  is  neither  large  enough 
nor  adapted  to  school  work.  Besides  the  room  in  the  home 
could  be  well  used  for  social  and  other  purposes.  Then  the 
home  needs  other  repairs,  such  as  new  floors,  some  interior 
conveniences,  a  front  and  rear  veranda,  a  deep  sanitary  well, 
a  double  garage  for  use  of  teachers  and  superintendent.  Some 
drainage  system  must  he  installed,  if  i^ossihle,  to  carry  otl 
the   surface  water  at    limes. 

.') — We  imagine  that  some  readers,  long  before  thc>'  come 
to  this  place,  are  asking,  where  will  the  means  come  Irom.-' 
Possibh-  a  word  concerning  the  past  will  assist  us  tor  the 
future.  The  girls'  new  dormitory  at  Santa  Cruz  and  the 
school  building  at  Alcalde,  both  of  which  were  finished  in 
1920,  cost  completed, — buildings,  ground,  equipments  and 
furnishings, — in  round  numbers,  $33,000,  all  paid. 

The  means  for  the  Alcalde  building  were  given  by  the 
Otterbein  Guild  and  W.M.A.  The  means  for  the  girls' 
dormitory  at  Santa  Cruz  was  put  into  the  United  Enlistment 
askings.  The  running  expense  for  the  three  schools  the  past 
year,  including  the  salary  of  teachers,  pastor,  matrons  and 
current  expense,  approximated  $12,000.  The  future  will 
call  for  probably  the  same  amount  for  running  expense.  A 
very  rough  estimate  for  installing  a  complete  water  system, 
enlarging  the  boys'  dormitory  and  making  the  necessary 
improvements  at  Velarde  may  be  put  at  trom  $lo,()00  to 
$20,000. 

WAYS  TO  ASSIST  THE  WORK 

We  have  now  made  our  Spanish-American  work  a  distinct 
department    of   our    home    mission    work. 

As  such  we  are  ready  to  rcceix'e  special  gifts  trom  anyone 
who  has  an  interest  in  that  work.  Five  hundred  dollars 
provides  the  support  for  a  teacher  or  matron  for  one  year. 
Fifty  dollars  provides  the  boarding  for  a  boy  or  girl  for  a 
school  year.     One  of  our  largest  current  bills  is  our  light  and 

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fuel  for  all  the  buildings.     The  winters  are  not  so  long,  but 
because  of  the  high  altitude,  are  rather  severe  at  times. 

How  man>-  individuals  or  organizations  could  support 
one  of  these  interests  and  get  real  blessings  out  of  it! 

The  Church  has  been  very  liberal  in  ddnat'ng  furnishing 
and  bedding.  We  cannot  tell  you  how  much  these  gifts  are 
appreciated  and  hope  they  will  be  continued.  For  as  the 
work  enlarges  it  will  constantly  call  for  more  such  donations, 
besides  w^hat  it  will  take  to  replace  the  worn-out  household 
equipment. 

Another  way  by  which  you  can  assist  this  noble  work  is 
by  endowment  and  annuity  gifts.  Money  that  can  be  loaned 
out  on  first  mortgage  security,  the  interest  of  which  will  go  to 
the  permanent  upkeep  of  the  buildings,  furnishings,  etc.  The 
interest  of  a  1100,000  permanent  fund  would  amph'  proxide 
this    expense    for    the    future. 

Thus,  my  dear  reader,  through  this  little  booklet,  the 
Home  Mission  Society  comes  to  you  asking  for  an  offering  of 
prayer,  kind  words,  interest,  means  and  whatever  else  you  are 
prompted  to  do  for  these  downtnxlden  jjcople  living  under 
the  Stars  and  Stripes.  We  ha\'e  tried  to  make  the  message 
brief  and  interesting,  that  in  one  hour  leisure  you  might  be- 
come intelligent  on  this  most  needy  department  of  our  home 
mission  work. 

May  Ciod  bless  the  message  and   the  reader. 


IS 


OUR  SPANISH-AMERICAN  WORKERS 

1920—1921 

Pastor  Santa  Cruz  Charge  and  Superintendent  of  our  School 
Work— Rev.  J.  R.  Overmiller,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 

Teachers — 

Miss  Lilhan  Kendig,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 
Miss  Ruth  Smith,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 
Miss  Mary  Brawner,  Velarde,  N.  M. 
Miss  Anna  Hardy,  Velarde,  N.  M. 
Miss  Bertha  Wohlhieter,  Alcalde,  N.  M. 
Miss  Lulu  Clippinger,  Alcalde,  N.  M. 

Matrons — 

Girls'  Dormitory 

Miss  Bessie  Willhide,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 
Miss  Matie  Watts,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 
Miss  Sara  Emrick,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 

Boys'  Dormitory 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Overmiller,  Santa  Cruz,  N.  M. 


19 


The  Thirteenth   Quadrennial  Report 

OF  THE 

Church  Erection  Society 


UNITED  BRETHREN   IN  CHRIST. 


PLYMOUTH    U.   B.  CHURCH,  PEORIA,   ILL. 

This  baautiful  church,  worth  $.30,000,  was  secured  by  the  Church  Erection  Society 
for  $10,000.  It  has  a  $.3, .300  pipe  organ,  $.'J,000  worth  of  pews,  chairs,  liyinn  l)ooks, 
pianos,  blackboards,  etc.,  also  a  good  parsonage.  The  church  has  main  floor,  galler\', 
basement,  and  sub-basement.  The  work  is  opening  up  splendidly  under  Rev.  E.  Fowler 
as  pastor. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 
MAY  12.  1921 


The  Thirteenth  Quadrennial  Report 

OF   THE 

Church   Erection   Society — United  Brethren 

in  Christ 


Indianapolis,  Indiana 
May  12,  1921 

To  the  Bishops  and  Meml)ers  of  the  Twenty-eighth  General  Confer- 
ence, United  Brethren  in  Christ : 

Dear  Coworkers :     I  herewith  submit  for  your  consideration  the 
Thirteenth  Quadrennial  Report  of  the  Church  Erection  Society. 

THE  WORK  OF  THE  QUADRENNIUM. 

The  following  is  a  tabulated  statement  of  the  aid  given  by  this  society 
during  the  quadrennium,  classified  as  to  years: 

FISCAL  YEAR  1917-1918. 

Churches: 

Colorado  Springs,  Colorado;  Fairview,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Elkhart  Second,  St. 
Joseph;  Granger,  Iowa;  Santa  Cruz,  New  Mexico;  Somerset,  Toledo,  Ohio; 
Lancaster,  Ohio;  First  Church,  Wichita,  Kansas;  Carrnionte.  Dayton,  Ohio; 
Second  Church,  Bloomington,  Illinois;  Lapel,  Indiana;  Fremont,  Ohio;  Trinity, 
Cleveland;  Savoy,  Montana;  Moville,  Iowa;  Harrisonburg,  Va. ;  Kansas  City, 
Kansas;  Tampa,  Florida;  Second  Church,  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Westerville, 
Ohio;  Barbour  Avenue,  Terre  Haute,  Indiana;  Goodell,  Iowa;  Vincennes, 
Indiana;  First  Church,  Peoria,  Illinois;  Upland,  Nebraska;  Veedersburg, 
Indiana;  Portland,  Indiana;  East  St.  Louis,  ■  Illinois;  Rossville,  Illinois; 
Columbia,  Kentucky;  Seattle,  Washington;  Burgess  Avenue,  Columbus,  Ohio; 
First  Church,  Indianapolis;  Georgetown,  Miami;  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan; 
Gibson  City,  Illinois,  and  Brookfield,  Missouri. 

Parsonages: 

Colorado  Springs,  Colorado;  Pleasant  View,  Montana;  Vincennes.  Indiana; 
Manor,  Oregon;  Marion,  Ohio;  Wagner  .Memorial,  Coliunbus,  Ohio;  H^errington, 
Kansas,  and  Columbus  Avenue,  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Lot  Fund  Grants: 

Warren,  Pennsylvania,  Erie;   Peoria,  Illinois;   Savoy,  Montana. 

Miscellaneous  Loans:  i 

Kansas  Conference    I'.oard — Two  Loans — .\nnnity  funds. 

Summary  for  Fiscal  Year  1917-1918 

Total  loans   granted   50 

Total   amount  granted - $99,705.64 

FISCAL  YEAR  1918-1919 
Churches: 

Trinity,  Cleveland;  North  Hill,  Akron;  West  Pliiladelphia,  Pennsylvania; 
Vincennes,  Indiana;  Marslialltovvn,  Iowa;  Gibson  City.  Peoria  First,  and  Bloom- 
ington Second,  Illinois;  Wichita  and  Fellsburg,  Kansas;  Carrmonte,  FairView, 
and  Cliffton,  Miami;  Nevada,  Missouri;  Circle  and  Glendive,  Montana;  Seattle, 
Washington;  Fremont,  Ohio;  Westerville,  Ohio;  St.  Clair  Avenue,  Columbus; 
Clarksville,  Tennessee;  Barbour  Avenue,  Terre  Haute,  Indiana:  PetersburR, 
Dayton,  ?>lairton,  Cumberland,  and  Harrisonl)urg,  Virginia. 


Parsonages: 

Hastings.  Nohraska:  Marion,  Ohio,  and  Sonicrsot,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Lot  Fund  Grants: 

Yiniia,  Colorado;  Charleston,  Illinois;  W'.ico  Avenue,  Wichita,  Kansas, 
and  Trenton,  Missouri. 

Miscellaneous     (Lots  purchased  for  which  the  society  has  the  deed.) 
(.  lark>\  ille,  Tennessee  and  Xasln  ille,  Tennessee. 

Summary  for  Fiscal  Year  1918-1919 

Total   nuniluT  of  projects  aided 3S 

Total  amount  of  aid  given $64,527.18 

FISCAL  YEAR   1919-1920 
Churches: 

Bloomington  Second.  Illinois.;  North  Philadelphia,  Pennsj^lvania;  St.  Clair 
Avenue,  Colunihus,  Ohio;  East  Dayton,  Miami;  Trinity  Church,  Cleveland, 
Ohio;  Peoria  First,  Peoria,  Illinois;  Woodward,  Oklahoma;  Fairviev^%  Dayton, 
Ohio,  Great  Falls,  Montana;  Nevada,  Missouri;  Trinity  Church,  Detroit; 
S.  Wayne  Church,  Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana;  Nashville,  Tennessee;  Waco  Avenue, 
W'ichita.  Kansas;  Ollie,  Montana;  Rockford,  Illinois;  North  Hill,  Akron,  Ohio; 
Eads,  Colorado;  Fremont,  Ohio;  Charleston,  Illinois;  Martinshurg  Second, 
Martinsburg,  West  Virginia;  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  and  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Parsonages: 

Marion,    Ohio,    Sandusky;    Minneapolis,    Minnesota;     Nortii     Hill,    Akron, 

Ohio.   E.  Ohio;  Burgess  .\\'enue,  Colunil)Us,  Ohio,  S.   E.  Ohio. 

Summary  for  Fiscal  Year  1919-1920: 

Total  number  of  projects  aided-- 27 

Total  amount  of  aid  given $74,049.16 

FISCAL  YEAR  1920-1921. 
Churches: 

Cliarleston,  Illinois;  Dunbar,  W^est  Virginia:  Chattanooga,  Tennessee; 
Plymouth  Church,  Peoria,  Illinois;  Beach,  North  Dakota;  Great  Falls, 
Montana:  Benton  Harbor,  Michigan;  Jaennette,  Pennsylvania;  Bloomington 
Second,  Illinois;  Silicia,  Ohio;  Wabash.  Indiana,  Troy  Street,  Dayton.  Ohio; 
Fairmont.  West  Virginia;  Marble  City,  Tennessee;  Burgess  Avenue,  Columbus, 
Ohio;  Glendive,  Montana;  Willard,  Ohio;  Clough  Church,  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
Columbus,  Kansas;  Martinsburg  Second,  West  Virginia:  University  Church, 
Kansas  City,  Kansas;  Trinity,  Cleveland:  Third  Church,  Decatur,  Illinois: 
Kenmore.  Ohio;  Cheviot,  Ohio;  Six  Lakes.  Alichigan;  Trenton,  Missouri; 
Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Parsonages: 

Beach.  Montana. 

Summary  for  Fiscal  Year  1920-1921: 

Total   number   of   projects  aided 28 

Total  amount  of  aid  given _ $108,316.74 

QUADRENNIAL   SUMMARY. 

("irand  total  project.^  aided  durini:^'  quadrcnniuiii 14o 

( irand  total  aid  2;i\-cn $vS46,59S.72 

QUADRENNIAL  COMPARISONS 

Loans  Amount 

Made  Loaned 

1903-1909        86 $121,155.65 

1909-1913        72 164.552.50 

1913-1917        94 120.170.55 

1917-1921        13S Mr),59X.72 

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Weekly  Memorial  U.  B.  Church 

Charleston,  \V.  Va. 


Substantial  Progress 

I  believe  that  1  can  report  conscientiously  that  snl)stantial  progress 
has  been  made  during-  the  quadrennium  in  the  character  of  work  done. 
Our  work  has  been  characterized  by  two  outstanding  features,  namely, 
the  kind  of  structures  l)ui!t  and  the  kind  of  locations  selected.  In 
planning  our  new  buildings  for  our  missions  we  have  kept  clearly  in 
\'iew  the  development  of  the  future  and  refused  to  build  a  ])lant  that 
would  ])e  inadefpiate  and  which  would  ha\e  to  l)e  torn  d(»\\n  in  a 
few  years  to  make  way  for  a  more  commodius  structure.  If  we  \Ncre 
unable  to  build  a  big  complete  plailt,  we  ])roceeded  to  build  a  ])art  of 
a  ])ig,  com])!ete  ])lant  in  such  a  way  that  it  wonld  fit  into  future  ])lan.> 
which  when  completed  wouhl  serAe  the  ct)ngregation  for  the  next 
quarter  of  a  century  or  more.  These  i)arts  f)f  com]dcte  ])lants  con- 
sisted mainly  of  a  fine  auditorium  accommoijaling  sonicthing  like  '>('() 
])eoi)le  so  adapted  to  .Sunday  school  work  as  not  to  mar  either  the 
symmetry  or  unity  of  the  auditorium  as  such  hut  which  reallv  gives 
Sunday-Hchool  facilities  of  rallu'i-  a  high  order.  The  cuts  on  thi>  page 
and  following  pages  show  some  of  these  plans  actuall\-  constructed 
and  many  more  are  now  on  the  way. 


First  United  Brethren  Church         t 


Chark'ston.    Illinois 


The  present  administration  has  l)ecomc  extremely  cranky  on  loca- 
tions. After  witnessing-  (as  we  have  had  t(~>  for  the  last  eight  years) 
that  literally  hundreds  of  our  churches  had  to  be  relocated  or  eke  out 
a  miseral)le  existence  we  could  l)e  no  other  than  cranky.  It  is  well 
nii^'h  impossible  now  for  a  bad  location  to  get  b}'.  We  ha\'e  so 
stoutly  refused  to  aid  unless  locations  were  right  that  the  eyes  of 
Bishops  and  conference  superintendents  are  wide  open  when  a  new 
mission  is  started  and  they  say  to  ])astors  and  trustees,  "You  must 
get  the  final  appro\al  of  C'hurcli  l^rcction  on  your  location  or  they 
will  not  help  you,"  and  that  ])ractically  settles  the  matter  and  we  are 
called  in  before  the  final  decision  is  made.  1  can  assure  this  (iencral 
Conference  that  ycnir  new  missions  are  being  well  located  and  I  can 
report  to  you  that  scores  of  bad  locati<jns  are  being  changed  into  good 
ones.  In  these  two  res]:)ects  the  (piadrenniuni  has  been  eminently 
jiredominant. 

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Third  United  Brethren  Church 


Decatur,    Illinois 


Our  Financial  Growth 


At  another  place  in  this  report  I  will  set  forth  in  detail  our  efforts 
to  increase  the  financial  strength  of  the  society  and  it  will  he  sufficient 
here  to  give  you  simph'  the  tahulation  of  the  results.  The  following 
tahle  shows  assets  at  the  close  of  the  quadrenniums  indicated  : 

Quadrenniuni  closing  May,  1905 $137,449.98  Net  Assets 

Quadrennium  closing  May.  1909 228.662.09  Net  Assets 

Cjuadrennium  closing  May,  1913 291.939.66  Net  Assets 

Quadrenniuni  closing  May,  1917 354,505.02  Net  Assets 

Quadrennium  closing' May,  1921 .  . , 525,527.91  Net  Assets 

In  this  connection  I  sliould  say  that  our  ciuitingent  note  assets 
have  been  subjected  to  close  inspection  and  audit,  and  all  notes  known 
to  be  without  value  have  been  charged  off  our  books,  so  that  our  con- 
tingent note  assets  arc  ])erhaps  the  best  of  the  kind  we  have  ever 
reported.  From  this  it  will  be  seen  fhat  this  societv  lias  made  an 
increase  in  its  net  assets  during  the  present  administration  of  ap])r().\i- 
niately  $225,0C0  or  a]ii)roximately  80  ])erccnt. 

( )ur  material  growth  as  a  denomination  may  be  seen  1)\-  studying 
the  gra])h  on  the  opposite  page.  A  study  of  the  graph  in  the  lio*ht  of 
the  insert  will  prove  a  strong  recommendation  for  the  influence  and 
]>ower  of  the  Church  h'rection  Societv. 

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First  United  Brethren  Church 

Benton   Harbor,  Michigan 


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Our  Material  Growth 


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THE  CHURCH   ERECTION   CURVE 

Tile     great    iiieetiiiR    in    Isaac    Long's    bani 
was    in    1766.    After    Klo    years,    in     1S69,     we 
liati     less    than     $2.000.0UU     worth     of    church 
proinrty.      In    that    year     11869)     the    Church 
Erection     Society     was     organized.       Note     the 
sudden    rise    in    property    values.      In    the    26 
years     following     we     accumulated     l'/4     times 
as  much   iiroijcrty   as  we   did   for  the  first    10:^ 
years.      Then    in    18U5,    the   Soiicty    was    given 
a   secretary   and   you   see    another    sudden    rise 
in    tlie    curve.       Every    time    Church    Erection 
has  been   strengtliened,   we  have  greatly  quick- 
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Building  Under  Difficulties 

Our  building-  operations  for  the  most  part  of  the  (piadrenniuni 
have  been  carried  on  under  unusual  difficulties.  The  high  cost  of 
material  and  labor  practically  doubled  the  cost  of  construction  and 
such  churches  as  were  able  to  go  forward  required  Church  Erection 
loans  in  proportion  and  consequently  the  number  we  could  aid  was 
greatly  reduced.  It  was  soon  discovered  the  cost  of  construction  w\as 
so  heavy  that  with  what  the  local  congregation  could  raise.  Church 
Erection  was  not  able  to  make  loans  in  sufficient  size  to  meet  the  cost 
of  building  and  that  it  would  become  necessary  to  resort  to  local  loans 
in  addition.  This  necessity  brought  us  into  an  extremely  difficult  situ- 
ation because  the  constitution  of  the  society  provides  that  Church 
Erection  can  loan  only  on  first  mortgage  security.  It  was  soon  api)ar- 
ent  that  no  loans  could  be  made  for  the  building  cami)aigns  of  1920 
and  1921  unless  there  could  be  some  relaxation  of  the  first  mortgage 
requirement.  The  matter  was  laid  before  the  Board  of  Directors  and 
the  executive  committee  was  authorized  to  make  second  mortgage 
loans  on  the  following  conditions:  (1)  the  total  outstanding  indebted- 
ness against  the  property  on  completion  should  not  exceed  two-thirds 
its  cost;  (2)  the  annual  conference  to  give  its  indemnifying  bond  guar- 
anteeing ])r()mi)t  and  full  payment ;  these  refjuirements  of  course 
sujiplemented  by  second  mortgage  and  adecjuate  insurance  assigned  to 
the  society. 


Trinity  Church     Cleveland,  Ohio 


\\  c  lia\e  proceeded  under  this  jxilicy  and  nearly  all  loans  hotli 
for  the  huildinti^  canipaiiiii  of  1920  and  1^21  have  been  made  in  that 
wav.  lioth  the  h'xecntixe  Committee  and  the  Hoard  of  Directors 
appreciate  that  such  a  pt)licy  is  not  without  its  dangers  and  that  second 
mortgaj^e  loans  should  not  be  continued  in  just  that  way;  but  all  are 
agreed  that,  if  present  cost  of  construction  continues,  some  provision 
must  be  made  by  which  second  mortgages  may  be  made  or  our  build- 
ing power  will  be  greatly  limited.  The  Board  of  Directors  has 
ap])ointed  a  committee  to  take  this  matter  under  advisement  and  that 
committee  will  have  a  report  to  submit  as  to  method  of  meeting  this 
situation. 

There  has  also  been  considerable  retardation  of  our  current  build- 
ing campaign  due  to  the  fact  that  money  has  been  close  and  many 
churches  have  not  been  able  to  locate  the  necessary  local  loans.  Then, 
too.  in  man}'  localities,  it  is  impossible  t(^  get  loans  on  churches  at  all 
and  in  other  localities  interest  rates  have  made  it  impracticable  for  our 
missions  to  carry  an}-  local  loan  and  thus  their  building  must  be 
deferred.  All  these  conditions  impress  us  anew  that  Church  I-'rection 
is  vital  to  our  material  growth  as  a  Church. 


Marble  City  Church     Marble  City.  Tenn. 


Cooperation 


The  spirit  oi  cooi^eration  between  the  general  society  and  the 
conference  branches  is  ahnost  idea!.  We  ha\e  made  great  progress 
in  this  line  during  the  (jnadrenniuni.  It  has  cmly  been  a  few  years 
since  when  there  was  much  complaint  that  Ijuilding  enterprises  were 
started  without  consultation  with  the  general  society,  resulting  dis- 
astrously, in  many  cases.  lUiildings  were  badly  i)lanned  and  enter- 
prises could  not  be  financed  to  completion.  That  has  nearly  all  dis- 
appeared. This  condition  has  not  been  brought  about  by  any  legal 
enactments  but  by  two  simple  administrative  attitudes  of  the  society. 
First,  we  discouraged  loans  to  enterprises  which  failed  to  take  us 
into  their  confidence,  and  second  we  offered  service  such  as  we  were 
a])le  to  render  to  local  boards  and  conference  boards.  The  st)ciety  has 
sent  its  secretary  on  the  ground  to  investigate  and  help  reach  decisions 
in  the  best  interests  of  the  Church.  This  service  has  been  received 
very  kindly,  and  we  have  received  more  calls  than  we  could  hll.  In  some 
instances  conference  boards  ha\-e  asked  us  to  go  over  their  entire  con- 
ference ])ui]ding  ])roblems  and  investigate  the  individual  enterprises 
and  submit  suggestions  for  a  program  of  construction.  This  has 
entailed  a  vast  amount  of  additi(tnal  work  U]jon  the  part  of  the  general 
secretary  and  some  increase  in  traveling  expenses  but  it  is  both  energy 
and  money  well  invested.  This  disposition  to  cooperate  will  tend  to 
increase  as  the  society  increases  its  service  to  the  conferences  and 
local  churches.  (  )ut  of  the  cooperation  alread}-  attained  ha\e  s])rung 
up  manv  new  opportvuiities  of  service  to  which  I  call  }()ur  attention 
in  a  later  ])aragraph. 


Second  U.  B.  Church.  Martinsburil,  W.  Va.     Not  yet  Completed.     Cost.  $40,000 

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Interest  Bearing  Plan 


Four  years  ayo  tlic  General  Conference  y:ave  us  instructions  to  charge 
interest  at  6  percent  on  over-due  loans.  Our  experience  during  the  c|uadrenniuni 
has  proven  the  wisdom  of  this  action.  Nothing  could  break  u])  the  disposition 
to  hold  money  longer  than  necessary  than  this  has  done.  We  liave  applied  the 
action  uniformly  and  the  plan  has  met  with  lint  little  criticism  on  the  part  of 
the  churches  having  loans,  for  they  all  realize  that  if  it  is  to  their  advantage 
to  hold  the  money  longer  than  agreed,  they  should  pay  interest.  It  is  such 
a  simple  business  proposition  that  all  recognize  its  justness.  While  the 
income  from  interests  has  not  been  large,  yet  it  is  helping  substantially  to 
meet  administrative  costs.  We  are  now  including  interest  clauses  in  all  our 
agreements.  This  does  not  mean  any  change  in  the  non-interest  bearing 
features  of  our  policy  for  it  still  remains  true  that  all  loans  that  are  refunded 
as  agreed  ui)on  \\!umi  the  loans  are  made,  are  free  of  interest  to  the  churches. 


Board  Reconstruction  Advisable 

Our  present  board  plan  is  far  from  satisfactory.  The  Home  Mission  Board 
and  the  Church  Erection  Boards  are  commonly  supposed  to  be  one  and  the 
same  board.  In  the  first  place  it  is  not  the  same  l)oard  for  the  Bishops  are 
members  ex  officio  of  the  Home  Hoard  hut  not  of  the  Church  Erection  Board: 
then.  too.  the  Home  Board  has  on  it  three  representatives  of  the  W.  M.  A.  and 
these  are  not  on  the  Church  Erection  Board.  In  the  second  place  they  are 
not  one  board,  they  are  two  boards.  To  do  their  work  legally  when  they  want 
to  transact  business  for  Church  Erection  thej'  must  meet  as  a  Church  Erection 
Board  and  then  to  take  up  some  Hotne  Mission  item,  they  must  adjourn  as  a 
Church  Erection  Board  and  convene  as  a  Home  Mission  Board.  This  makes 
it  very  unsatisfactory.  Then.  too.  our  board  is  too  small  to  give  great  variety 
of  judgment.  We  have  only  nine  members  of  which  four  are  laymen.  Two  of 
our  laj'  meml)ers  did  not  attend  a  single  l)oard  meeting  during  the  quadrennium 
and  none  of  them  attended  all  of  the  meetings.  It  sometimes  occurs  that  one 
or  two  of  the  ministerial  members  can  not  be  present  and  that  often  leaves  the 
business  to  be  transacted  In'  four  or  five  of  the  m.embers  and  there  have  been 
rare  occasions  when  two  men  had  to  make  and  second  every  motion.  It  is 
easy  to  see  how  unsatisfactory  all  this  is.  For  efficiency  these  boards  should 
he  the  same  board  and  tliis  can  l)e  done  by  enlarging  the  Church  Erection 
Board  so  that  it  might  add  to  its  present  numljers  all  the  Bishops  and  also  the 
three  representatives  of  the  W.  M.  \.  This  would  practically  double  the 
present  Church  Erection  Board.  But  this  arrangement  still  leaves  it  two  boards 
and  this  could  be  overcome  by  reincorporating  the  boards  under  a  new  board 
to  be  known  as  "The  Home  Mis>ion  and  Church  Erection  Board  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Chr'st"  or  "The  Church  Extension  Board  of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ."  In  nether  case  would  this  necessarily  mean  that  both  Church 
Erection  and  Home  Missions  would  be  under  one  management;  the  dual  man- 
agement could  be  continued  as  now.  I  earnestly  ask  you  to  take  some  action  to 
give  us  a  more  satisfactory  constitution  of  our  board. 

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Fairmount,  W.  Va. 


The  Standard  Plan 


Early  in  the  last  quadrennium,  the  society  in  conjunction  with  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  developed  a  new  plan  of  operation  in  its  relation  to  new 
missions.  Instead  of  permitting  the  young  mission  to  take  its  first  steps  in 
halls  or  in  school  houses,  it  was  proposed  that  some  plan  be  developed  by 
which  it  could  at  once  have  its  own  church  home.  Hence  the  Standard  Plan 
l)y  which  it  was  agreed  between  the  Home  Alssionary  Society  and  the  Church 
Erection  Society  that  when  any  new  m'ssion  was  to  be  opened  up  that  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  would  give  sufficient  support  to  command  the  service 
of  an  A  grade  man  on  condition  that  Church  Erection  would  provide  first 
class  equipment  in  which  he  could  begin  his  work.  On  the  part  of  Church 
Erection  this  plan  provided  tliat  we  would  purchase  a  first  grade  location  and 
furnish   enough   money  with   which  to  iniild  a  first  grade   bungalow   chapel   and 


•S.  Wayne  St.  Church  -Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana 

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Mosely  Memorial — Rockford,  Illinois 


A  New  Policy 


furnish  it  with  A  grade  equipment.  Wherever  it  was  possible  to  do  so.  we 
either  induced  the  local  comniun'ty  or  the  annual  conference  to  purchase  tiie 
lot  and  we  then  furnished  the  building  and  equipment. 

We  have  steadfastly  adhered  to  this  plan  and  under  it  have  established  a 
number  of  new  missions.  Some  of  the  chapels  are  shown  on  this  page.  The 
results  have  more  than  justified  our  plans.  Every  mission  so  entered  has  had 
marvelous  success.  There  is  only  one  drawback  with  this  plan  and  that  is  that 
these  missions  grow  so  fast  that  before  they  can  begin  to  pay  l)ack  their  loan, 
they  face  the  need  of  a  new  church,  and  that  places  a  new  Inirden  on  Church 
Erection.  What  a  glorious  drawback!  If  this  General  Conference  will  give 
adequate  support  to  Church  Erection,  we  can  show  you  fifty  of  these  new 
chapels  in  our  next  report. 


First  Church — Great  Falls,  Montana 

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What  Became  of  the  Golden  Jubilee  Campaign? 

The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Church  Erection  Society 
came  during  the  quadrennium,  to  be  exact,  it  fell  upon  May  12,  1919.  If  you 
will  consult  the  minutes  of  the  last  General  Conference  you  will  lind  that  the 
Society  was  authorized  to  observe  fittingly  this  great  event  l)y  conducting  a 
great  Golden  Jubilee  Campaign  for  the  raising  of  additional  endowment  in  the 
amount  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000).  In  addition  to  the  quiet 
solicitation  which  was  to  continue  through  the  quadrennium,  we  were  duly 
authorized  to  observe  the  event  with  a  pui)lic  program  in  every  local  church 
in  the  autumn  of  1919  at  which  time  the  work  of  Church  Erection  was  to  be 
presented  to  our  people  and  a  great  birthday  offering  was  to  be  taken  for  the 
work  of  the  society. 

I  may  say  to  you  that  your  board  and  executive  committee  took  this  oom- 
mission  very  seriously  and  started  out  to  realize  the  highest  degree  of  success. 
After  due  consideration  it  was  decided  to  proceed  under  what  we  called  "The 
Conference  Fund  Plan."  Under  this  plan  each  annual  conference  was  asked 
to  designate  the  amount  that  should  be  raised  in  their  territory  with  the  under- 
standing that  whatever  was  raised  was  to  be  a  special  fund  to  be  used  solely 
within  their  own  conference  bounds  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years  after  which  it 
would  become  a  part  of  the  general  fund  and  subject  to  loaning  anywhere  in 
the  Church.  It  was  also  agreed  that  whatever  was  raised  in  the  birthday 
offering  was  to  become  a  part  of  the  conference  funds.  This  plan  aroused 
great  interest  upon  the  part  of  all  the  conferences  and  elicited  practically 
universal  cooperation.  Your  secretary  visited  a  large  number  of  the  conferences 
in  person  and  laid  the  matter  before  others  by  correspondence  with  the  result 
tliat  the  conferences  underwrote  the  fund  as  follows: 

Kansas    $20,000 

Iowa    20,000 

Northern  Illinois 10,000 

Lower   Wabash    10,000 

Missouri     55,000 

Virginia    10.000 

Miami    25,000 

Sandusky   25,000 

East   Ohio 20.000 

Allegheny     30,000 

White   River 20,000 

Indiana     ^ $10,000 

Michigan    5.000 

Erie   - 8,(X)0 

S.    E.   Ohio   • 20,000 

St.  Joseph    20,000 

West   Virginia    . 20.000 

Pennsylvania     20.000 

East    Pennsylvania 25.00'0 

Nebraska    10,000 

Colorado    5,000                      ^ 

This  makes  total  underwriting  of  $.13S.(K1()  from  the  conferences.  While 
other  conferences  did  not  report  any  deMnite  amount  fixed  as  their  underwriting, 

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yet  everyone  assured  u>  of  their  desire  to  participate  in  the  lieiiefits  of  tlie  plan. 
Tlie  total  amount  assumed  l)y  the  conferences  would  be  at  least  $vl50,()()(l.  In 
addition  to  this  underwriting  to  he  raised  hy  solicitation,  every  conference  in 
the  Church  voted  to  observe  the  birthday  and  take  an  offering,  i'-very  iiulica- 
tion  pointed  to  a  cash  offerint?  of  $10(),()()(). 

We  were  al)le  to  make  canvasses  in  a  few  of  the  conferences  before  the 
United  Juilistment  Movement  was  inaugurated  by  the  Hoard  of  Administration 
which  put  a  sudden  ending  to  all  our  well-hiid  plans  and  these  canvasses  showed 
that  where  we  could  complete  the  canvass,  we  received  on  an  average  of  20 
percent  more  than  the  underwriting.  Had  the  complete  canvass  showed  the 
same  results,  we  would  have  received  in  new  assets  $420,000  exclusive  of  the 
birthday  offering  which  would  have  given  this  societ}'  new  assets  of  appro.xi- 
mately  $5(X),000  during  the  quadrennium. 

I  do  not  wish  this  General  Conference  to  think  that  the  general  secretary 
of  this  society  was  not  in  harmony  with  the  ideals  of  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement,  for  he  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  that  movement  and  gave  it  every 
cooperation  possible  and  yet  tiie  fact  must  not  he  l)linke<l  that  this  cooperation 
cost  the  society  heavily  and  we  are  probably  reporting  $250,000  less  assets  in 
this  report  than  we  would  have  reported  if  the  movement  had  not  been  inaugu- 
rated. This  has  brought  us  face  to  face  with  a  real  crisis  in  our  building  and 
equipment  work,  but  even  so  it  need  not  end  disastrously  provided  in  the  future 
financial  plans  of  the  Church  you  take  cognizance  of  this  situation  and  provide 
adequately  to  meet  our  growing  needs.  Should  the  discrimination  continue. 
however,  I  look  for  great  suffering  on  the  part  of  our  many  mission 
•congregations. 


Church  Erection  and  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement 

Simple  justice  rec|uires  that  1  make  a  statement  liere  of  the  effect  of  the 
United  EnHstment  Movement  upon  Church  Erection  income.  In  the  autumn 
of  1919  at  the  time  when  Church  Erection  was  to  have  its  great  cash  Birthday 
offering,  by  arrangements  of  the  Board  of  Administration  a  joint  offering  was 
taken  out  of  which  Church  Erection  realized  $42,682.  While  this  is  scarcely 
half  what  I  had  hoped  to  realize  from  the  Birthday  offering  yet  it  made  a  sul)- 
stantial  addition  to  our  funds.  The  fiscal  year  has  bought  to  our  treasurer 
$10,913.42  from  the  old  Inulget  before  United  Enlistment  pledges  became  pay- 
able and  $42,/l7.47  of  United  Enlistment  money,  making  a  total  received  from 
budget  of  $53,630.89.  The  value  of  the  United  Enlistment  to  Churcli  1-Lrection 
can  best  be  seen  when  placed  in  comparison  witli  the  old  plan  when  we  received 
only  about  $15,000  from  the  l)udget.  It  is  perhaps  too  early  yet  to  determine 
just  what  the  full  effect  of  the  Movement  will  l)e  on  our  income.  This  much 
is  true  that  in  view  of  the  discontinuance  of  the  Golden  Jul)ilee  Cami)aign  as 
noted  above,  our  work  for  the  year  has  been  determined  largely  bj'  this  increased 
income  from  the  United  Enlistment  Budget.  Without  either  of  these  sources  of 
income  we  would  have  been  prostrate. 


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New  Opportunities  for  Service 

1 — An  Architectural  Department. 

New  opportunities  for  service  are  constantly  offering  themselves  to  this 
socict}'.  The  first  and  most  insistent  one  is  for  the  creation  of  an  architectural 
department  which  would  he  in  position  to  aid  our  congregations  in  getting  the 
most  up-to-date  plant  and  equipment  possible  for  the  money  at  their  disposal. 
The  modern  Sunday  school  is  now  making,  and  will  continue  to  make,  severe 
demands  upon  building  committees.  Our  experience  reveals  the  fact  that 
altogether  too  many  building  committees  have  little  or  no  conception  of  what 
sort  of  a  structure  they  should  have  to  meet  these  increasing  needs.  We  also 
find  that  a  very  large  percent  of  architects  have  no  conception  whatever  as  to 
the  needs  of  the  modern  church  and  Sunday  school.  Your  general  secretary 
has  been  studying  this  situation  somewhat  and  I  find  that  trustees  and  building 
committees  are  very  eager  for  suggestions  and  help  and  we  have  been  trying 
in  a  limited  way  to  minister  to  these  calls.  However  the  socictj'  is  not  equipped 
to  meet  the  needs  adequately  and  this  general  conference  would  do  well  to 
authorize  the  society  to  establish  an  architectural  department;  this  would  not 
necessarily  mean  another  man  but  it  would  involve  some  increase  in  adminis- 
trative expenses  which  would  be  an  expense  exceptionally  well  made. 

2_Our  Rural  Field. 

The  second  opportunity  of  service  is  that  represented  in  our  rural  con- 
stituenc}-.  It  may  be  truthfully  said  that  this  offer  is  hardly  articulate  as  yet 
but  it  exists  in  a  very  real  form  and  I  am  convinced  that  if  given  encourage- 
ment by  this  general  conference  it  would  not  onl}-  be  articulate  but  really 
clamorous.  I  suppose  we  have  from  two  to  four  hundred  United  Brethren 
churches  having  rural  constituencies  of  sufficient  size  to  constitute  a  strong 
independent  station  and  in  which  we  either  are  the  only  church  ministering  to 
that  constituency  or  we  have  such  a  lead  that  we  might  easily  liecome  the 
dominant  church  of  the  community.  Any  one  conversant  with  these  rural 
churches  knows  that  on  the  whole  they  are  almost  totally  lacking  in  modern 
equipment.  I  am  convinced  that  with  proper  encouragement  on  the  part  of  the 
Church  in  general,  hundreds  of  these  churches  could  be  put  on  a  modern  basis 
in  way  of  equipment.  These  natural  centers  should  be  surveyed,  chartered,  and 
studied.  Someone  could  most  profitabl}'  devote  his  whole  time  in  developing 
our  rural  churches.  I  see  no  reason  whatever  why  we  should  not  aid  our  rural 
churches  in  getting  better  equipped  church  houses  as  well  as  to  aid  city  churches. 
This  aid.  however,  would  be  misplaced  unless  it  would  mean  a  program  for  a 
strong  community  church  and  under  some  direction  that  would  create  desire 
for  better  equipment.  Rural  churches'  seldom  ask  for  Church  Erection  aid 
because  they  do  not  yet  see  s^ny  need  for  a  better  type  of  church  than  the 
single  cell  structure  which  they  caii  easily  finance  themselves.  Our  city 
missions  could  also  finance  their  buildings  if  they  were  content  witli  similar 
equipment  liut  everyone  of  us  is  busy  educating  the  city  church  to  sec  its  needs 
of  a  better  church  house,  l)Ut  no  one  is  doing  this  for  the  rural  church.  Why 
is  not  a  primary  room  as  necessary  for  the  rural  child  as  the  city?  Rural 
children  are  just  as  good  as  city  children  and  the  United  Brethren  C"hurch 
owes  its  rural  constituency  a  s(iuare  deal.  There  is  not  a  single  thing  that  can 
come  before  you  more  important  than  the  creation  of  a  Rural  Life  Department. 
It  ni;iy  not  be  jjroper  for  Church  Erection  to  make  tliis  suggestion  but  it 
needs  to  be  made  and  I   only  make  it  here  to  say  that  when  such  a  department 

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is  created,  vdu  will  place  lart^ely  increased  deinaiuls  ui)oii  this  societ}-  and  must 
of  necessity  provide  income  sufficient  to  meet  the  new  demand. 

3 — A  Financial  Expert. 

There  is  a  tliird  opportunity  of  service  which  tliis  society  could  render  our 
churches  t)y  furnishing  expert  solicitors  to  aid  churches  in  raising  old  debts 
or  funds  for  the  erection  of  new  buildings.  Our  board  of  directors  had  given 
the  executive  committee  authority  a  year  ago  to  employ  such  a  man  but  after 
mature  thought,  the  committee  felt  that  the  action  might  be  misconstrued  and 
decided  to  refer  the  whole  matter  to  this  body  for  consideration.  1  most 
heartily  recommend  for  your  favorable  consideration  the  employment  of  such  a 
man  w  hose  duties  would  be  to  help  raise  money  to  meet  Church  Erection  loans, 
put  on  campaigns  for  funds  to  build  new  churches  where  Church  Erection  is 
expected  to  help,  organize  and  put  over  great  cash  days,  and  to  assist  older 
congregations  in  raising  church  and  parsonage  debts.  If  he  did  no  more  than 
give  attention  to  churches  where  Church  Erection  was  interested,  he  would 
render  a  great  service.  His  work  would  doubtless  make  the  initial  loans  less 
and  it  would  also  insure  more  rapid  return  after  made.  Older  churches  in 
which  Church  Erection  is  not  concerned  w^ould  be  glad  to  pay  for  his  services 
and  thus  reduce  the  cost  of  the  department  to  the  society.  This  man  would 
doubtless  be  able  to  turn  into  the  treasury  in  new  funds  each  year  anj'where 
from  four  to  five  times  his  salary.  To  have  such  a  man  on  the  staff  would  be 
far  from  a  liability;  he  would  be  an  asset  of  the  very  highest  order.  I  sincereh- 
hope  this  suggestion  maj-  have  j-our  approval. 

4 — Church  Insurance. 

We  have  had  a  large  number  of  inquiries  as  to  a  church  and  parsonage 
insurance  department  in  connection  with  this  society.  Our  board  has  never 
felt  authorized  to  take  this  matter  up  but  the  request  is  of  such  importance  that 
it  should  be  carefully  looked  into.  Our  recommendation  is  that  this  matter  be 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Administration  for  study  and  report. 


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Tasks  Ahead 


So  far  In  this  report  we  have  been  dealing  with 
the  things  already  accomplished  by  this  society.  We 
have  been  asked  to  lay  before  you  a  statement  of  our 
needs  for  the  coming  quadrennium.  It  will  not  be 
so  pleasing  to  say  what  I  am  compelled  to  say  or  to 
show  the  pictures  I  am  going  to  show.  I  have  been 
told  that  such  a  presentation  as  I  am  about  to  make 
is  pessimistic  and  discouraging;  but  what  is  the  use 
of  covering  up  the  facts.  I  know  of  no  way  of 
showing  the  actual  needs  of  this  department  but  to 
give  you  the  facts  as  they  are,  and  in  the  following 
pages  I  am  going  to  do  this  as  faithfully  as  I  know 
how.  After  you  have  carefully  perused  all  these 
facts,  I  am  sure  you  will  all  agree  that  the  Church 
Erection  Society  has  a  tremendous  task  upon  its 
hands;  a  task  that  will  require  the  best  cooperation 
this  Church  can  give  in  the  next  four  years.  In 
fact  I  can  see  no  salvation  whatever  for  many  of 
our  missions  if  we  must  go  on  at  the  present  rate. 


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INDEX  OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


1 —  That  a  restudy  be  made  of  the  entire  question  of  security 
for  Church  and  Parsonage  loans  as  requires  by  discipline 
page  148,  Article  X  subitem  (2). 

Discussion  on  this  point  pages 
•six  and  seven  in  this  report. 

ir  r 

2 —  That  closer  cooperation  between  local  churches  and  the 
general  board  be  authorized  if  it  is  found  that  the  present 
constitution  does  not  cover  this  feature. 

Discussion  on  this  point  pages 
eight  and  twenty  Jiine  of  this  report. 
^^  3f 

3 —  That  the  Church  Erection  Board  be  made  to  conform 
with  the  Home  Mission  Board  in  number  and  personnel 
if  not  in  actual  organic  unity. 

Discussion  on  this  point  page 

4Hfte  of  this  report. 
^( 

4 — That  an  architectural  department  be  incorporated  as 
a  part  of  the  work  of  this  society. 

Discussion,  on  this  point  page 
feurt^n  of  this  report. 

5 —  The  creation  of  a  Department  of  Rural  Life  in  connec- 
tion with  some  agency  of  the  church  and  a  definitic^n  of 


the  relation  ot'  Church  ICrcction  to  this  dcpcirtnient  when 
created. 

Discussion  on  this  point  page 
fourteen  of  this  report. 

/c 

6 — The  authorization  of  the  eniph)\ment  of  a  man  wlio 
shall  give  himself  exclusively  to  raising-  church  debts 
and  funds  for  new  huilding-s. 

Discussion  on  this  point  page 
fifteen  of  this  report. 
/? 

7 — That  the  (juestion  of  church  and  parsonage  insurance  be 
investigated. 

Discussion  on  this  point  page 
fifteen  of  this  report. 

^  ? 

8 — That  a  Gift  Fund  be  constituted  to  aid  the  more  impor- 
tant and  needy  mission  enter])rises. 

Discussion  on  this  point  page 
thirty  of  this  report. 

9 — That  the  permanent  funds  of  the  Church  be  increased 
from  $525,000  to  $1,000,000. 

Discussion  on  this  point  page 
-tiiir4:y-Otte  of  this  report. 


How  It  Works 


Here  is  an  example  of  how  Church  Erection  works.  When 
Church  Erection  found  this  enterprise  the  congregation  was 
worshipping  in  an  old  wooden  church  which,  I  am  told,  had 
been  occupied  by  six  different  kinds  of  religious  organizations, 
and  the  pastor  was  living  in  the  cellar.     See  what  a  change! 


Lest  We  Forget 


Our  Survey — How  Made 

The  Church  Krcctiou  Society  lias  now  at  its  coniniaiul  tlic  most  up-to-date 
data  of  the  church  building  needs  of  the  denomination  that  it  has  ever 
possessed.  Our  United  Enlistment  survey  was  the  first  effort  of  its  kind  in  the 
history  of  the  society  and  the  facts  developed  by  this  survey  were  nothing;  less 
than  astonishing.  I  am  herewith  sulimittinji  for  your  study  the  results  of  this 
survey.  This  survey  was  not  made  in  our  office  l)ut  was  made  by  our  (."onfer- 
ence  Superintendents  and  Bishops  who  arc  close  to  the  iniilding  needs  of  the 
denomination  and  can  speak  with  an  authority  not  possessed  by  any  other  body 
of  men.  The  survey  therefore,  do€s  not  indicate  what  we  would  like  to  have 
in  the  way  of  funds.  l)ut  it  indicates  what  the  society  must  have  for  a  .urowin.L; 
church. 

I  have  tabulated  the  results  of  this  survey  under  two  classification^ :  under 
Analysis  A,  I  have  tabulated  every  project  shown  in  the  survey  wiiich  included 
sixty-eight  projects  for  new  missions  that  should  be  opened  up.  Under  Analysis 
B,  I  have  eliminated  the  projects  for  all  new  missions  and  shown  the  needs  for 
existing  missions  only.     These  analyses  will  bear  j'our  closest  study. 


Church  Erection  Survey 


1 — Xew    Church    Buildings 196 

2 — Remodeled  Church   Buildings <S 

3 — Parsonages 120 

Total  Projects  Scheduled 324 

A — Analysis  A,  including  all  scheduled  projects. 
I.     The   New  Church  Buildings. 

1.  Number  of  new  church  buildings  scheduled 196 

2.  Estimated  cost  of  these  structures $4,685,700 

3.  Askings  for  these   195  projects $2,258,200- 

II.     The  Remodeled  Church    Buildings. 

1.  Number    of   remodeled    church    buildings    scheduled 8 

2.  Estimated   cost  of  such   remodeling $  97,000 

3.  Askings   for  remodeled  tniildings $  88,000 

III.     The  Parsonages. 

1.  Number    of    parsonages    buildings    scheduled 120 

2.  Estimated  cost  of  these  120  parsonages $    480,700 

3.  Askings  for  these   120  parsonages $    251.150 

IV.     Summary  of  Analysis  A. 

1.  Grand  total  projects  scheduled 324 

2.  Total  estimated  cost  for  the  324  projects $5,263,400 

3.  Total    askings    for    the    324    projects $2,597,350 

The  above  figures  are  for  twenty-six  annual  conferences  onlj'.  and  if  the 
other  six  conferences  should  show  similar  average  of  needs,  the  final  summarj- 
under  this  analysis  would  be  approximately  as  follows: 

1.  Grand   total   projects   scheduled 404 

2.  Total  estimated  cost  of  the  404  projects $6,579,250 

3.  Total  askings   for  the  404  projects $3,246,685 

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JO 


Certainly  the  Umted  Brethren  Church  wiU  not  desert  our  ttn^ghnt  mmmcn 
fhurchet  already  ktarted.     But  if  we  do  tliat  much  we  wiU  need  during  die 

qaadreRnium  at  leatt  $ljBOO,OOQ  with  which  to  set  them  on  their  ieeL 


Special  Suney 

The  fe^xriety  hab  un6t:Ti^ont  something  of  a  revoluti'^  in  its  plans 
of  grantinj^  I'jans,  When  the  s'jciety  wa'^  able  to  grant  the  major 
portion  of  applications  presented,  it  was  permissible  to  c^^sider  appH- 
catifjiii  in  the  order  of  their  filing.  But  when  the  time  arrived  when 
we  could  not  grant  more  than  one  f/ut  of  five  applicati^^ns  presented, 
much  greater  care  had  t/j  be  taken  to  see  that  our  V>ans  were  placed 
at  the  most  strategic  and  need%'  places.  This  practically  forced  us  to 
get  bef«^^e  u>«  all  the  p^^ssible  ap]>lications  for  the  building  year  ahead 
and  then  ^tudy  them  carefully  and  grant  as  many  loans  as  we  could 
finance  for  the  following  summer  or  building  season.  This  required 
special  "urveys  in  addition  to  the  general  survey  given  above.  Our 
last  survey  of  this  character  was  an  eye  opener.  We  sent  to  each 
l>ish*/p  and  asked  him  to  give  us  five  of  the  most  vital  enterprises  on 
his  district  and  to  list  them  in.^^rder  of  their  impfjrtance  so  that  if  only 
'>ne  Ujan  could  go  into  his  district,  it  would  l>e  his  judgment  that  it 
should  go  to  the  one  he  menti^/ned  first,  etc.  A  similar  blank  was  sent 
to  each  c^^nference  superintendent  with  like  instructions  asking  each 
not  to  give  more  than  three.  This  survey  brought  back  81  applications 
for  projects  that  should  gf»  on  this  present  summer.  The  amount 
asked  for  was  o%er  $800,000.  'JTie  best  the  committee  could  see  was 
an  income  of  $140,000  for  this  present  building  year  and  loans  were 
granted  to  19  out  of  the  eighty-one,  or  less  than  ^/ne-ff/urth  the  number 
asking.  'Fhis  will  give  you  s^jme  idea  of  the  tremendous  task  we 
>iave  '^  ^.mr  hands.  Next  summer's  building  needs  will  be  even 
greater  than  this  one.  Nothing  but  a  largely  augmented  income  for 
Church  Krection  can  save  the  day  for  many  >^jf  our  struggling  misi-ion 
conjrre^rati^jns. 


21 


These  Need 


I  am  showing  you  on  this  page  just  a  few  of 
our  many  distressing  situations  so  far  as 
phN'sical  equipment  is  concerned.  You  see  here 
a  number  of  just  plain  board  tabernacle's  in 
which  our  mission  congregations  must  carry 
on.  In  some  cases  there  is  no  floor  but 
mother  earth  and  the  roofing  is  either  rubberoid 
or  frequently  just  plain  tar  paper.  Some  of 
them  have  folding  chairs  and  some  have  just 
home-made  benches.  Everything  is  of  the 
cheapest  sort.  They  are  extremely  cold  in 
winter  and  just  as  hot  in  summer.  I  have 
preached  in  these  buildings  when  candy  and 
tobacco  buckets  had  to  be  set  around  in  various 
parts  of  the  l)uilding  to  catch  the  water  that 
came  through  the  roof.  I  should  say  that  we 
have  from  si.xtj'  to  seventy-five  buildings  in 
substantially  this  condition.  You  do  not  know 
the  suffering  of  these  congregations  as  they 
loyally  hold  on,  hoping  that  the  daj^  will  come 
when  the  Church  will  come  to  their  rescue  and 
give  them  aid..  Some  of  these  have  lieen  in 
this  condition  for  four  years,  some  six  years, 
yes  some  ten  and  twelve  years.  O,  Church  of 
t4ie  I'nited  lirethrcn  in  I  lirist,  when  will  _\-ou 
help  these  people?'  Must  they  wait  another 
four  N'cars  and  then  another  four  years."  Some 
time  _\du  nuist  face  this  issue;  \\h\-  not  tace  it 
now  while  many  of  them  can  be  saved. 


22 


Your  Help 


Tlieso  churches  are  located  in  just  as  line 
missionary  territory  as  can  l)c  found  in  our 
country.  All  are  located  in  growing  American 
cities  and  in  communities  needing  a  church.  If 
your  home  missionary  secretary  were  to  go  out 
and  hunt  for  sixty  new  places  in  which  to  start 
new  missions,  he  could  not  -tind  sixty  more 
satisfactorially  located  than  those  we  already 
have  started.  I  am  not  averse  to  starting  new 
ones,  but,  brethren,  wliy  start  another  si.xtj' 
when  under  present  conditions  you  know 
beforehand  they  must  suffer  the  fate  of  the 
now  perishing  sixty.  Such  a  policy  is  neither 
an  honor  to  God  nor  a  credit  to  our  denomi- 
nation. "Come  let  us  rise  up  and  build  that  we 
become  no  longer  a  reproach."  To  do  justice 
to  these  communities  it  would  cost  an  average 
of  $25,000  to  get  what  we  should  have  in  way 
of  a  building;  that  is  not  extravagant.  That 
means  a  total  of  $1,500,000.  These  congrega- 
tions will  do  the  heroic  to  help  themselves; 
these  churches  will  each  raise  from  live  to  ten 
thousand  dollars  in  cash  by  dedication.  But 
unless  they  can  get  some  additional  heli),  all 
their  willingness  must  go  for  naught.  It  will 
re(|uire  from  Church  Erection  almost  $1,000,000 
to  put  these  sixty  projects  on  their  feet.  Will 
this  General  Conference  pass  a  few  pious  reso- 
lutions of  sympath}'  and  thus  pass  the  buck  to 
providence  fro  do  this  work  or  will  you  grapple 
with  it  and  see  it  through.  Sixty  struggling 
missions  are  waiting  for  your  repb'. 


23 


A 

Sample 
State 


I  am  sliowing  on  this  page  the  pictures  of  five  churches.  These  are  the 
hest  churches  we  have  in  the  state  after  twenty-five  years  of  endeavor.  The 
structures  will  speak  for  themselves.  The  central  picture  shows  a  churcli  that 
stands  within  five  blocks  of  one  of  the  finest  state  capitols  we  have  in  the  nation 
in  the  midst  of  a  splendid  residential  district.  The  one  at  the  upper  left  is  in  a 
niost  beautiful  city  of  possibly  fifteen  thousand  population.  The  upper  right 
is  in  the  capitol  of  the  state.  The  lower  ones  in  fine  cities  under  twenty-five 
thousand  population.  These  in  one  of  the  very  finest  missionary  opportunities 
we  have  in  the  nation.  We  ought,  by  all  means,  have  $200,000  to  invest  in  this 
section  in  the  next  quadrcnnium.  If  we  can  get  it,  we  can  show  you  results 
of  the   first   order. 


24 


Our  Big-City  Situation 


1  am  greatly  ccncerned  o\cr  the  condition  of  our  church  houses  in  our 
larger  cities.  Our  denomination  has  been  very  vigorous  in  entering  large  citie> 
in  the  last  twenty  years  hut  we  have  not  been  nearly  so  aggressive  in  their 
proper  equipment.  Among  the  larger  cities  we  are  now  in  are  Los  Angeles, 
Seattle,  Spokane,  Portland,  Minneapolis,  Chicago,  Indianapolis,  Kansas  City, 
Denver,  Oklahoma  City,  Columbus.  Toledo,  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Detroit, 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  and  Buffalo.  I  will  not  take  the  space  to  discuss  their 
condition  in  this  report  but  anj-one  familiar  with  them  will  tell  you  that  with 
every  little  exception,  they  arc  neither  modern  nor  adequate. 

It  would  be  the  part  of  strategy  to  quickly  establish  ourselves  in  these 
great  metropolitan  centers  for  they  exert  a  great  influence  morally  and 
religiously  upon  our  American  life.  As  it  is,  it  is  most  certainly  open  to  argu- 
ment whether  the  United  Brethren  Church  is  firmly  established  in  a  single 
big  city  of  20(/,C00  population  and  over.  We  are  strongly  established  in  many 
cities  of  lesser  size  Init  manifestly  weaker  in  the  large  centers.  Neither  are  we 
firmly  established  and  adequately  equipped  in  but  a  single  state  cai)ital  in  the 
entire  nation.  If  these  statements  were  only  relatively  accurate,  they  ought  to 
stir  us  mightily  to  hurry  our  equipment  program. 

The  success  of  our  city  work  is  practically  determined  by  the  measure  of 
aid  Church  Erection  can  give.  If  we  could  have  half  a  million  dollars  this 
coming  quadrennium  for  our  total  city  work,  we  would  l)e  able  to  show  results 
that  would  be  highly  pleasing  to  the  whole  Church.  This  may  seem  like  a  large 
sum  to  ask  for  city  work  but  when  you  remember  that  this  must  serve  the 
United  Brethren  Church  in  every  city  of  the  country  and  when  other  com- 
munions are  appropriating  as  much  as  a  million  to  a  single  city  you  will  not 
wonder.  The  future  work  of  your  Mome  Missionary  Society  will  in  all  prolia- 
bility  be  in  the  great  cities  of  the  country  and  will  be  dependent  upon  Church 
Erection  for  equipment  support. 


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Our  Far-Flung  Battle  Lines 


Here  is  an  interesting  graph  for  stiuly.  The  shorter  line  shows  the  terri- 
tory where  the  great  hody  of  our  church  membership  is  found.  The  other  lines 
indicate  what  might  he  described  as  our  far-flung  battle  lines.  The  longer  of 
these  lines  traverses  our  more  important  missionary  territory.  This  line 
starting  in  Michigan  and  thence  crossing  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Montana, 
Washington,  Oregon  and  then  south  through  California  and  thence  eastward 
again  through  New  Mexico,  Oklahoma,  and  Tennessee  is  nearly  8000  miles  in 
length.  .\11  along  this  line  there  is  now  going  on  one  of  the  most  heroic 
liattles  ever  fought  for  Christ  and  the  Church.  Our  United  Brethren  pastors 
and  people  are  in  the  thick  of  the  fight.  But  we  have  sent  them  into  battle 
without  e(iuipment.  I  doubt  very  much  if  we  have  a  single  modern  United 
brethren  Churcli  house  on  this  entire  line  of  8f)00  miles.  On  some  parts  of  this 
line  we  have  been  operating  for  si.xty  years.  Is  it  not  about  time  for  the  United 
Brethren  Church  to  equip  these  advancing  forces  and  go  after  our  task  in  blood 
earnestness?  O,  yes,  it  would  cost  less  to  abandon  the  fields,  but  I  want  to 
serve  notice  on  the  United  Brethren  Church  right  now  that  when  she  abandons 
this  8000  mile  battle  line  you  have  started  a  retreat  that  will  never  end.  For 
your  own  safety,  you  dare  not  abandon  this  great  field,  but  abandon  much  of  it 
you  will,  unless  you  greatly  strengthen  our  work  with  ade(|uate  ecpiipment.  We 
ought,  by  every  consideration,  have  $500,000  in  the  next  few  years  for  eiiuip- 
ment  along  this  line. 


26 


Just  One  Case 


Here  is  an  interesting  "Close-up"  of  one  of  our  churches.  I  am  not  giving 
the  picture  for  the  sake  of  this  church  alone  but  because  it  is  typical  of  scores 
of  situations  we  have  to  confront.     Let  me  tell  you  the  story. 

This  church  is  located  in  a  fine  town  of  about  3000  population  and  is  the 
seat  of  the  agricultural  college  of  the  State  in  which  it  is  located.  More 
United  Brethren  young  people  see  this  church  than  any  other  United  Brethren 
church  in  that  State,  except  the  churches  to  which  they  belong.  The  church  is 
located  just  across  the  street  from  the  court  house  and  rm  the  ])athway  from 
the  city  to  the  college.  To  the  United  Brethren  people  of  that  State,  this  is 
a  very  important  church  for  it  must  take  care  not  only  of  our  young  people 
who  go  there  to  school  but  it  furnishes  the  architectural  standard  by  which 
our  young  people  are  judging  our  Church  and  at  the  same  time  liy  which  we  are 
being  judged  by  others. 

There  was  a  time  when  even  with  the  above  structure  we  were  on  even 
ground  with  other  churches  and  if  we  could  have  maintained  that  equal  ad- 
vantage we  would  have  a  very  different  story  to  tell.  But  we  did  not  maintain 
that  even  advantage  as  I  will  show  you — our  four  competitors  made  gifts  of 
more  than  $4(),000  to  their  congregations  and  built  tine  churches.  What  did  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ  do?  They  could  not  make  a  gift  for  thej'  have  no 
gift  fund.  All  they  could  do  was  to  ofTer  a  meager  loan  that  would  have  to  be 
paid  back.  Our  people  there  would  do  as  heroically  as  others  in  proportion  to 
their  ability',  l)ut  how  can  you  expect  them  to  meet  this  coinpetition''' 

That  church  is  still  standing  just  as  you  see  it  in  the  picture.  W'c  can  re- 
coup some  of  our  lost  opportunity  even  yet  and  this  congregation  is  waiting  to 
know  what  this  General  Conference  is  going  to  do  to  make  it  possible  for 
them  to  go  forward.  Xot  only  this  one  church  is  waiting,  but  fifty  of  them 
are   in   practically   the   same   situation.      Vou   will    help   them,    won't    you? 

21 


Hopelessly  Handicapped 


In  the  race  between  Church  Erection  needs  and  Church  Erection  resources, 
the  resources  are  hopelessly  handicapped.  Under  present  conditions  there 
is  no  hope  of  ever  being  able  to  overtake  the  needs.  Let  us  take  our  minimum 
needs  as  shown  on  page  nineteen  of  this  report  as  an  example.  According  to 
the  survey  needs,  Church  Erection  will  have  to  consider  in  the  next  four  or 
five  years  between  two  hundred  and  fifty  and  three  hundred  different  projects 
and  the  amount  of  aid  required  from  Church  Erection  will  be  nearly  $2,000,000. 
During  the  last  eight  years  we  have  loaned  a  total  amount  of  $450,000  or  less 
than  $60,000  annually;  at  that  rate  it  would  require  thirty  years  to  meet 
the  minimum  requirements.  $100,000  is  the  high-water  mark  for  loans  for 
any  one  year  in  the  history  of  the  society  and  if  that  average  could  be  main- 
tained, it  would  require  twenty  years  to  catch  up.  Now  suppose  the  resources 
could  be  suddenly  doubled  and  we  could  loan  $200,000  annually,  it  would  still 
require  ten  years  to  catch  up  with  the  minimum  needs  which  only  includes  ex- 
isting missions. 

But  is  this  Church  going  out  of  the  extension  business?  Do  you  not  pro- 
pose to  enter  new  fields  during  the  next  quadrennium?  If  this  Church  enters 
less  than  fifty  new  places  in  the  next  four  years,  we  are  recreant  to  our  re- 
sponsibility. But  if  you  enter  fifty  new  places,  you  will  by  that  achievement 
double  the  demands  upon  Church  Erection  for  the  next  four  years.  Every  new 
mission  entered  now,  entails  expenditure  of  approximately  $10,000.  Brethren, 
lift  the  handicap,  and  give  resources  a  chance  in  the  race  and  I  am  sure  you 
will  all  be  shouting  happy  as  he  comes  in  under  the  wire. 


Church  Erection  Helped  to  Do  It 


South  Bend    Indian.i 


28 


Why  This? 


In  the  liglit  i)t  tlu'  lU'cds  of  the  Clmreli  and  the  consecinont  demands  phieetl 
upon  the  Chureli  Kreetion  Society,  I  wonder  it  we  liave  j,Mven  tliis  great  society 
a  square  deal.  At  tlie  deneral  Conference  oi  I'Mo  tliis  society  had  outstanding 
promises  of  aid  in  amount  of  $1(K),000  and  a  liank  indel)tedness  of  $16,000.  What 
do  you  suppose  the  deneral  Conference  did  in  this  crisis?  Did  it  urge  the 
society  to  put  on  an  aggressive  campaign  and  overtake  the  demands  as  quickly 
as  possible,  knowing  as  they  did  that  scores  and  scores  of  other  struggling 
missions  were  waiting  for  help?  That  would  have  been  a  fine  bit  of  strategy 
but  they  did  no  such  a  thing  as  that.  The  (irneral  Conference  of  1913  ordered 
Church  Erection  to  dismiss  the  only  field  man  it  liad  and  was  not  permitted 
any  campaign  for  funds.  The  result  of  that  action  was  that  for  nearly  two 
years  of  that  quadrennium,  we  did  not  make  any  new  promises  of  loans  for 
it  took  every  dollar  of  income  to  meet  the  promises  made  preceding  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  of  1913.  That  was  a  most  serious  blow  to  the  efficiency  of  the 
society  and  the  Church  itself  is  now  suffering  from  the  l)lunder  as  indicated 
by  the  increasing  distress   in   our  building  operations. 

At  the  General  Conference  of  1917,  the  society  again  came  forward  with 
a  plan  to  retrieve  in  some  measure  the  disaster  that  had  overtaken  it.  Under 
that  plan  (see  page  twelve  of  this  report),  we  were  well  on  the  way  to  a 
magnificent  increase  in  the  assets  of  the  society  when  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement  was  inaugurated.  Under  the  plan  of  cooperation  as  outlined  by  the 
Board  of  .\dministration.  we  were  again  compelled  to  dismantle  the  finest 
field  organization  we  ever  had  and  turned  it  over  to  the  Movement.  Did  the 
Movement  take  cognizance  of  our  great  needs  and  provide  that  Church  Erection 
should  not  stand  to  lose  by  entering  the  Movement?  Certainly  not.  It  seems 
that  for  the  second  time  in  six  years  Church  Erection  was  made  the  goat. 
While  the  ^lovement  carried  appropriations  for  agencies  that  had  already  com- 
pleted their  quadrennial  campaigns  with  success  and  others  were  given  more 
than  they  asked  j-et  Church  Erection  was  given  only  half  of  its  minimum  ask- 
ings. In  the  initial  stages  of  our  quadrennial  plans,  for  the  year  before  the 
United  Enlistment  Movement  went  into  operation  we  increased  our  assets 
$72,000,  whereas  for  the  first  year  of  the  Movement  we  have  increased  our 
assets  but  $28,000.  At  this  General  Conference,  the  Church  Erection  Society  is 
reporting  at  least  $250,000  less  in  assets  than  if  it  had  gone  right  on  with 
its  plans. 

I  am  not  sa^'ing  this  to  question  the  good  judgment  of  the  Church  in  these 
matters;  may  be  it  was  right,  but  I  cannot  see  it  that  way.  You  cannot  eat  your 
cake  and  have  it  at  the  same  time.  You  can  restrict  Church  Eerction  in  its 
resources  but  you  will  not  have  loan  funds  when  you  want  them.  Only  nineteen 
loans  granted  this  summer  out  of  eighty-one  applications.  We  had  only  abou': 
$140,000  to  meet  applications  calling  for  $800,000.  The  demand  will  be  even 
heavier  next  year  and  under  present  plans  our  income  will  not  exceed  $100,000. 
I  think  I  may  frankly  say  that  if  you  expect  to  go  on  with  your  home  mis- 
sion and  extension  work  as  a  denomination  you  will  have  to  face  this  matter 
frankly  and  give  to  Church  Erection  a  square  deal  in  the  family  of  denomina 
tional  institutions. 


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Policy  Recommended 


It  seems  to  me  that  before  this  Goneral  Conference  adjourns  we  ought  to 
arrive  at  some  policj'  that  will  enable  the  society  to  promote  a  very  aggressive 
program  of  building  for  the  next  quadrehnium.  What  would  be  the  reflex  in- 
fluence upon  our  Church  as  a  whole  if  in  the  next  two  or  three  years  we  could 
put  about  sixty  of  our  more  important  and  strategic  missions  firmlj-  on  their 
feet?  My  judgment  is  that  the  influence  would  be  very  great'.  In  addition  to 
recommendations  in  another  part  of  this  report,  I  herewith  submit  what  seems 
to   me   to  he   the   only   policy   that   could   realize   the   above  ideal. 

I — Unusual  Care  in  Granting  Loans 

The  executive  committee  is  being  forced  bj'  the  very  nature  of  the  situa- 
tion to  adopt  a  new  plan  of  granting  loans.  Formerly  the  committee  granted 
loans  right  through  the  year;  this  was  a  proper  policy  when  the  society  was 
able  to  meet  relatively  a  much  larger  proportion  of  applications  than  it  can 
possibly  do  now.  Now  that  we  are  able  only  to  meet  about  one-fourth  or  one- 
fifth  the  number  of  applications,  this  policy  has  its  dangers,  and  that  danger  is 
that  we  may  soon  exhaust  our  resources  for  the  year  on  the  first  few  applica- 
cations  coming  in  and  find  later  that  some  most  important  enterprises  must  be 
neglected.  It  has  seemed  best  to  your  executive  committee  that  along  in 
November  of  each  year  a  special  survey  should  be  made  through  Bishops  and 
conference  superintendents  to  discover  what  enterprises  should  be  considered 
in  the  next  year.  This  makes  it  possible  for  us  to  get  a  complete  view  of  the 
entire  need  of  the  year  and  then  by  studying  this  survey  carefully  we  may  be 
able  to  determine  where  our  limited  resources  should  be  invested  to  the  greatest 
advantage.  I  believe  as  matters  now  stand  this  is  the  best  policy  to  pursue 
and  I  so  recommend.     What  is  your  judiiment  on  the  matter? 

II — Guarding   the   Type   of   Building 

It  is  not  only  necessary  to  guard  the  investments  of  money  so  that  it 
goes  to  most  strategic  points,  but  when  it  is  invested  in  these  strategic  points,  it 
should  be  invested  in  such  a  way  as  to  get  the  best  type  of  building  possible. 
In  another  part  of  this  report  I  recommend  the  creation  of  an  architectural 
department  in  connection  with  the  Church  P2rection  Society  (see  page  fourteen 
of  this  report).  Nothing  is  more  important.  It  is  almost  tragic  to  see  thousands 
and  thousands  of  dollars  spent  in  the  construction  of  a  church  house  and  then 
when  it  is  completed  to  find  it  incapal)'le  of  meeting  the  needs  of  a  modern 
church.  I  was  taken  to  see  a  church  recentlj^  that  was  held  up  to  me  as 
a  model  for  our  people  to  l)uil(l.  I  found  a  good,  substantial  structure  tliat 
would  seat  about  three  hundred  people  and  which  would  cost  now  about 
$25,000  to  build.  It  did  not  have  a  single  departmental  e-quipment  for  the 
Sunday  school,  not  cxen  the  jirimary  departuK-nt.  There  was  not  a  single 
Sunday-school  room  in  the  entire  building.  The  basement  was  one  naki'd,  cold 
room  which  might  have  easily  been  made  to  house  a  modern  Primary  Depart- 
ment, a  Junior  Department,  and  the  1  nternicdiati'  I)ei)artnient  willi  snitalile 
class  rooms  in  connection  with  lacli  dei)artment.  The  niodirn  church  nuisJ  in- 
deed provide  for  worship  but  it  must  also  i)rovidc  for  modern  Sunday-school 
'vork,  for  the  Christian   Endeavor  Society  and   for  social   and  community  work. 

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Tlli^  imiltipk'x  ut  ckinands  has  cn-atcd  tlu-  ckniaiid  tor  an  (.ntircl}-  luw  tyi)e 
of  church.  The  best  church  architects  in  the  country  are  working  hard  on 
this  prol)k'ni  and  your  Church  Krection  Society  shoukl  be  placed  in  a  position  to 
intluence  the  type  of  buildings  built.  It  tlu-  present  constitution  and  by-laws 
do  not  give  the  society  this  jiower.  \  on  should  strengthen  them  so  that  it  would. 

Ill— The   Creation  of  a  Gift   Fund 

It  seems  to  me  that  we  cannot  longer  postpone  the  creation  of  an  adequate 
Gift  Fund.  We  are  asking  our  mission  churches  to  assume  tremendous  obliga- 
tions in  getting  themselves  a  church  house.  Of  course  it  is  wise  to  encourage 
self-help  as  much  as  possible  but  in  many  cases  we  are  asking  it  on  such 
a  scale  that  it  is  more  harmful  to  us  as  a  Church  than  helpful.  Vou  turn  back  to 
page  three  of  this  report  and  sec  that  church.  That  young  congregation  made 
up  entirely  of  work-a-day  people  had  to  assume  a  debt  between  sixteen  and 
twenty  thousand  dollars.  The  indebtedness  on  Decatur  Third  will  run  $20,0(K) 
of  mortgage  indebtedness.  Benton  Harl)or  will  have  a  debt  of  between  $22,000 
and  $25,000.  Xow  look  on  pages  ten  and  eleven  and  you  will  see  churches 
started  in  debt  for  every  dollar  that  the  chapels  cost.  Thus  it  goes.  How  manv 
of 'our  older  congregations  having  men  of  wealth  and  influence  are  willing  to 
assume  indebtedness  of  $25,000?  Xot  many.  Then  remember  that  these 
_voung  churches  are  probably  brought  into  competition  with  churches  of  other 
denominations  that  receive  large  gifts  (see  page  twenty-five  for  a  case  in 
point).  Other  denominations  ar^.  making  great  preparations  for  handling  their 
mission  churches.  In  the  Cent^ary  I\Iovement  out  of  $40.0CO,COO  for  work  in 
-Xmerica.  $30,000,000  was  for  Cl^rch  Erection  and  that  all  gift  fund.  With  all 
the  strength  of  Methodism  in  lEleveland,  the  M.  E.  church  dropped  a  cool 
million  into  Cleveland.     They  did.  the  same  in  Detroit,  Minneapolis.  Seattle.  San 


Burgess  Ave.,  Columbus,  Ohio.      iNearinft  Completion) 

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Francisco  and  other  places  accordingly.  We  drop  a  little  chapel  in  Detroit  that 
cost  $800  and  expect  them  to  pay  that  back.  Aside  from  large  gilts  from 
general  boards,  the  large  denominations  have  well-organized  city  missionary 
organizations  and  when  a  new  place  is  to  be  entered,  these  city  missionary 
organizations  hack  them  financially.  In  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in  the  ter- 
ritory in  which  Telescope  Memorial  Church  operates,  competing  churches  have 
donated  well  on  to  $200,0()0  in  outright  gifts.  We  are  meeting  it  every 
day. 

I  am  going  to  ask  this  General  Conference  to  provide  for  a  gift  fund  of 
$500,000  for  the  next  quadrennium.  I  ask  it  because  we  cannot  go  on  without  it. 
I  am  asking  you  to  place  it  in  your  united  budget  as  a  preferred  claim.  I  be- 
lieve you  ought  to  do  it  here  and  now  and  not  refer  it  to  someone  else.  Let 
us  face  the  issue  now.  With  a  gift  fund  of  that  size  we  could  place  on  a  sound 
footing  at  least  eighty  of  our  struggling  missions  and  they  would  become 
powerful  assets  to  the  Church.  A  few  of  these  would  get  buildings  without 
any  gift,  but  it  will  be  at  the  price  of  a  crushing  debt  that  will  retard  our  work 
in  the  community  for  fifteen  or  twenty  years.  Along  with  the  creation  of  the 
Fund,  I  recommend  that  you  determine  the  policy  and  plans  by  which  this 
fund  shall  be  administered.  Brethren,  if  I  knew  any  other  way  to  handle 
our  distressing  situation,  I  would  be  glad  to  submit  it;  but  I  know  of  no 
other  way.  It  looks  to  me  as  though  we  have  our  choice  between  a  good  gift 
fund  and  almost  a  complete  stalling  of  our  extension  processes.  I  believe 
those  best  acquainted  with  the  situation  will  agree. 

IV — Increased  Permanent  Fund 

I  suppose  at  first  l)hish  it  would  seem  inconsistent  to  ask  both  a  large  (iift 
Fund  and  a  largely  increased  loan  fund;  but  I  am  sure  your  best  after-thought 
will  be  that  such  increase  in  the  permanent  funds  is  absolutely  necessary.  With- 
out a  gift  fund  at  all  I  presume  that  not  more  than  twenty  of  our  most 
needy  missions  would  be  able  to  build  this  coming  quadrennium;  but  with  the 
gift  fund  I  would  say  that  at  least  seventy-five  or  eighty  would  be  able  to  build. 
It  is  likely  also  that  for  every  gift  made  there  would  also  be  a  loan  made,  for  it 
is  not  contemplated  to  give  to  any  one  enterprise  all  the  aid  it  needs  as  a 
gift;  part  wnll  be  gift  and  part  would  be  non-interest  Ijearing  loan.  Hence,  you 
see  that  the  very  existence  of  a  Gift  Fund  at  once  creates  a  greatly  increased 
demand  for  loans.  Without  the  Gift  Fund  we  are  only  able  to  meet  about 
one-fourth  the  ai)plications;  unless  our  permanent  loan  fund  is  increased  cor- 
respondingly witli  the  (lift  I'und,  we  should  still  show  a  smaller  proportion  of 
applications  granted.  I  think  it  will  not  be  difficult  to  increase  the  permanent 
funds  and  I  am  asking  this  General  Ccwiference  to  authorize  the  increase  of  the 
permanent  funds  u])  to  the  million  dollar  mark,  ^'our  authorization  and  an  opt-n 
field  and  it  will  l)e  an  accom])lfshed   fact. 


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Personal 

just  a  iiioiiunt  to  say  that  1  am  most  Kratoful  to  Almighty  God  for  good 
health  and  hlossing  through  the  quadrcnniuni.  I  am  most  happy  for  the  fine 
spirit  of  cooperation  on  the  part  of  tl;e  whole  lluireh.  I  am  under  great 
obligations  to  my  Executive  Committee  for  their  faithfulness  and  wise  counsels. 
1  am  humbled  that  the  report  for  the  quadrennium  is  not  better  than  it  is. 
but  such  as  it  is.  Brethren,  I  have  given  to  it  my  full  time  and  my  best  talents. 
May   be    His    blessing    will    lie    upon    our    linnihlc    lal)ors:    1    am    trusting    it    will. 


Respectfully    submitted. 


A.   C.   SIDDALL. 

General   Secretarv. 


Church  Erection  Helped  to  Do  It 


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America  the  Beautiful. 


Katharine  Lee  Bates. 


Samufl  a.  Ward. 


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1.  0  beau-ti-ful  for  spa-cious skies, For      am  -  ber  waves   of     grain, 

2.  0  beau-  ti-ful  for  pil -grim  feet,  Whose  stem, im  -  pas-sioned  stress 

3.  0  beau-  ti-ful  for  he-roes  proved  In         lib-  er    -   at  -  ing  strife, 

4.  0  beau-  ti-ful  for  pa-triot  dream  That    sees    be  -  yond  the    years 


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For      pur  -  pie  mountain  ma  -  jes-ties     A    -  bove  the  fruit -ed      plain! 
A        thor-ough-fare  for  free  -  dom  beat   A   -   cross   the  wil- der  -  ness! 
Who   more   than  self  their  coun-  try  loved.  And    mer  -  cy  more  than  life! 
Thine     al     -    a- bas  -  ter    cit  -  ies  gleam  Un-dimmed  by     hu- man    tears! 


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A -mer  -  i  -  ca!  A  -  mer  - 

A  -  mer  -  i  -  ca!  A-  mer  - 

A  -  mer  -  i  -  ca!  A  -  mer  - 

A  -mer  -  i  -  ca!  A  -  mer  - 


-  ca!  God  shed    His   grace  on  thee 

-  ca!  God  mend  thine    ev  -  ery  flaw, 

-  ca!  May   God    thy     gold  re  -  fine 

-  ca!  God    shed  His  grace  on  thee 


1^^' 


And  crown  thy  goo(J  with  broth  -  er-hood  From  sea      to    shin  -  ing    sea! 

Con  -  firm  thy  soul    in      self  -  con-trol.  Thy      lib  -  er  -  ty       in     law! 

Till       all  sue- cess    be       no  -  ble-ness  And      ev  -  ery   gain     di  -  vine! 

And  crown  thy  good  with  broth  -  er-hood  From  sea      to    shin  -  ing    sea. 


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Quadrennial  Report 

of  the 

Acting  General  Secretary 


of  the 

Foreign  Missionary  Society 

United  Brethren  in  Christ 


To  the  General  Conference 

Indianapolis,  Indiana 

May  1921 


The  Foreign  Missionary  Task 

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QUADRENNIAL  REPORT  OF  THE  ACTING  GENERAL  SECRETARY 

OF  THE  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE 

UNITED   BRETHREN    IN   CHRIST 

To  th?  Bisliops  aiul  McihIhts  of  the  Tuciity-ciglith   General   Conference. 
Esteemed  Voke-Fellows: 

In  that  part  of  West  Africa,  known  as  the  Gold  Coast,  the  members  of  an 
International  Educational  Commission  that  is  spending  the  year  studying  the 
educational  needs  of  tropical  Africa,  called  a  few  months  ago  at  a  mission  sta- 
tion formerly  staffed  by  German  missionaries  connected  with  the  Basel  Mission. 
These  travelers  visited  a  little  cemetery  where  a  number  of  these  fallen  German 
missionaries  now  sleep.  On  the  simple  markers  above  their  graves  are  these 
words  left  by  these  missionaries  to  Africa's  present  and  coming  generations,  "I 
live,  }'Ou  too  shall  live."  This  brief  line  states  so  succinctly  the  reason  that  is 
the  drive  wheel  of  the  whole  Foreign  Missionary  Movement  that  I  have  felt  in- 
wardly compelled  to  adopt  it  as  the  organizing  idea  around  which  to  group  those 
facts  naturally  expected  in  a  Foreign  Missionary  report. 

A  man  can  say,  'I  live"  only  after  he  has  entered  into  fellowship  with 
Christ.  That  being  taken  for  granted,  consider  additional  reasons  that  so  just- 
ify Christian  Americans  in  saying,  "I  live,"  that  it  does  not  sound  like  an 
arrogant  boast. 

There  is  a  consciousness  of  national  security.  In  only  one  other  country  in 
the  world,  England,  is  this  sense  of  national  security  at  all  comparable  to  that  in 
the  United  States.  In  no  other  country'  is  the  common  man  housed  in  as  com- 
fortable a  home  or  does  he  have  an  income  as  nearly  adequate  to  meet  his 
reasonable  needs  as  in  America.  In  no  other  country  are  radical  agitators  in 
such  a  decided  minority.  In  no  other  country  are  there  such  generous  educa- 
tional provisions  for  the  children  as  in  America.  Education  has  been  called 
America's  ruling  passion.  $1,000,000,000  are  spent  annually  for  this  item.  Our 
state  and   larger   private   universities   are   the   wonder   of  the   educational   world. 

In  no  other  country  do  young  men  and  women  have  the  freedom  to  choose 
what  their  life  work  shall  be  as  here.  In  no  other  country  has  the  church  as 
little  to  apologize  for  because  of  past  tyranny  or  neglect  of  special  classes. 

These  conditions  being  so,  are  we  not  justified  in  raising  an  old  inquiry: 
"What  nation  is  there  so  great  who  hath  God  so  nigh  unto  them  as  the  Lord, 
our  God  is  in  all  things  that  we  call  upon  him  for?"  It  is  no  idle  boast  but  a 
gratitude — compelling  discovery  that  lies  back  of  a  Christian  American's  sober 
assertion   "I    live." 

The  Bigness  of  the  Task 

When  one  accepts  the  consequences  to  others  as  those  Basel  missionaries 
accepted  them  in  West  Africa,  and  says,  "You  too  shall  Kve,"  he  is  immediately 
impi-essed  with  the  bigness  of  the  task.  The  United  Brethren  Foreign  Mission- 
arj'  task  is  big  from  the  standpoint  of  numbers,  from  the  standpoint  of  dif- 
ficulties and  successes.  The  State  of  Ohio  ranks  fourth  among  the  States  in 
population,  having  a  population  now  of  5,759,000.  Yet  the  responsibility  that  we 
have  been  assAuning  abroad  is  equal  to  the  population  of  Ohio  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  city  of  Cleveland.  Consider  the  responsibility  of  being  the'  only 
agency  to  evangelize  and  develop  churches,  build  chapels,  supply  educational 
opportunities  and  medical  relief  in  great  human  groups  like  Toledo,  Sandusky, 
Youngstown,  Athens,  Portsmouth,  Cincinnati,  Van  Wert,  Paulding,  Columbus 
and  all  the  other  cities  and  rural  places  in  between.  That  is  the  population 
equivalent  to  our  task. 

To  reach  this  group  of  people  an  increased  number  of  missionaries  has 
been  urgently  asked.  But  owing  to  war  and  post-war  conditions,  the  problem 
of  securing  a  sufficient  number  of  adequately  trained  missionaries,  particularly 
men,  has  seemed  up  to  the  present  quite  insuperable. 

After  the  Board  has  seemed  to  have  done  its  best  to  discover  and  api^oint 
and    finance    new   missionaries,    eight   places    remain    unfilled.      It    goes    without 

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saying  that  money  has  been  needed,  and  in  large  amounts,  to  carr}-  forward 
benevolent  enterprises  touching  the  lives  of  so  many  persons. 

But  almost  over  night  the  price  of  exchange  in  China  was  doubled.  The 
gold  dollar  shrank  to  half  its  previous  value.  Double  appropriations  were  re- 
quired to  carry  on  existing  work.  The  increase  cost  of  exchange  has  cost 
fully   $75,000   for   the   quadrennium. 

The  supply  of  proper  residences  for  the  missionaries  whom  we  have  been 
able  to  appoint  and  maintain  on  the   field  has  been  pitifully  inadequate. 

Our  problem  has  been  enlarged  by  the  fact  that  the  homes  of  our  neighbor 
people  abroad  to  whom  we  minister  are  constantly  darkened  by  the  presence 
of  pain.  Those  households  in  Africa,  China  and  the  islands  seem  to  have  rather 
more  than  their  due  share  of  dental  troubles,  accidental  burns,  wounds,  disloca- 
tions, fractures,  fevers,  intestinal  disorders,  contagious  diseases,  pneumonia, 
tuberculosis,  leprosy,  epilepsy  and  insanity. 

Having  helped  to  relieve  the  suffering  in  these  very  human  families  one 
is  perplexed  by  the  number  and  difficulties  of  the  languages  spoken.  One  of 
the  results  is  the  severely  limited  supply  of  such  instructive  and  inspirational 
literature  as  are  regarded  absolutely  necessary  in  building  up  vigorous  churches 
in  intelligent  communities.  The  difficulties  of  the  written  language  in  China, 
the  lack  of  a  sufficient  number  of  teachers  there  and  our  other  mission  fields, 
result  in  a  deadening  weight  of  illiteracy  that  lies  like  a  black  blanket  on  the 
brain  of  millions  of  the  people  whom  we  would  serve  in  Africa  and  China. 

The  old  religions  too,  whose  adequacy  to  meet  the  human  thirst  for  a  satis- 
fying religion,  our  faith  challenges,  add  to  the  bigness  of  our  problem.  The 
United  Brethren  Church  has  been  providentially  brought  face  to  face  with  all 
the  great  non-Christian  religions  abroad  excepting  Hinduism.  These  faiths 
seem  to  have  the  sanction  of  great  age.  It  is  altogether  probable  people  were 
worshipping  fetishes  in  West  Africa  two  thousand  years  ago.  Buddhism  has 
been  a  thousand  years  in  Japan  and  longer  in  China.  Confucianism  was  an 
old  religion  in  the  time  of  our  Lord.  There  has  been  a  very  definite  attempt 
in  Japan  to  revive  Shintoism  with  its  emperor  worship.  Mohammedanism,  how- 
ever it  may  appear  in  other  lands,  makes  an  almost  perfect  appeal  to  the  natural 
man  in  Africa.  It  offers  a  formal  religion  while  permitting  slavery  and 
poligamy.  Its  advances  have  been  so  great  its  leaders  are  almost  insolently 
confident. 

It  would  be  a  pleasure  to  report  that  these  false  faiths  are  dying  out.  The 
facts  compel  one  to  say  that  during  the  four  years  under  review,  there  has 
seemed  to  be  a  distinct  revival  of  interest  and  activity  among  each  of  these 
groups  possibly  excepting  the  Confucianists  as  the  influences  of  Christ  has  come 
nearer  to  them  through  his  church. 

The  task  is  further  enlarged  by  the  remarkable  increase  in  the  number  of 
merchant  ships  and  by  the  increased  number  of  American  young  men  who  are 
going  to  non-Christian  lands  for  trade,  banking  or  as  engineers.  The  imagina- 
tion can  easily  picture  the  reaction  of  the  life  of  these  lands  on  these  men  if  cut 
off  from  the  influences  of  the  church.  The  importance  of  establishing  churches 
in   the  great   business   centers   abroad  becomes   increasingly   evident. 

There  is  the  age  long  problem  of  drink  and  vice  and  extortion.  Shylock 
was  not  merely  the  name  of  an  ancient  resident  of  Venice.  He  goes  throus:h 
the  streets  of  these  lauds  abroad  today  still  demanding  from  people  who 
through  misfortune,  or  ignorance,  or  sin,  have  become  indebted  to  him,  bis 
nound  of  flesh.  There  is  crujelty  in  homes,  injustice  in  courts  and  deep  racial 
hatred. 

There  is  an  alluring  bigness  to  the  task  when  viewed  from  the  angle  of  its 
recent  successes.  Christians  have  championed  the  rights  of  native  people  in 
South  Africa,  to  their  own  soil  when  they  seemed  likely  to  be  dispossessed  of 
a  million  acres  by  a  great  chartered  company  and  won  out  in  a  British  Court. 
Missionaries  are  defending  the  rights  of  the  people  against  forced  labor  by 
Europeans  living  in  East  Africa,  who  desire  to  impose  on  African  labor.  The 
members  of  an  Interdenominational  Commission  of  Educational  experts  are 
spending  the  year  studying  the  best  forms  of  education  for  tropical  Africfe.  Our 
own  schools  have  already  profited  by  their  visitation. 

A  letter  written  from  South  Africa  by  an  American  Board  missionar}'  to  a 
friend   states,   "Doctor  Jones   spoke   to   all   the   faculty   and   native   teachers   last 


night  and  in  tollinjj  ahont  his  visit  to  Sierra  Leone,  said  the  l)est  work  in  all 
that  section  is  being  done  by  the   United  Brethren  people.  ' 

I'uerto  Rican  Christians  won  an  ontstaiiding  prolnuilion  victory. 

Uoors  long  shut  in  Santo  Domingo  have  opened. 

The  lioldnig  of  a  World's  Smutay-scliool  Convention,  in  Tokyo,  was  a 
great  achievement.  In  Japan,  our  own  Sundaj'  scho.ols  and  churches  were  in- 
spired by  tlie  coming  of  certain  of  our  own  representatives  from  America. 
Other  Churches  were  similarly  inspired  because  certain  wealthy  Japanese  ap- 
preciating the  moral  character  developed  through  the  Sunday  schools  were  will- 
ing to  give  tens  of  thousands  of  dollars,  hoping  thereby  to  enlarge  the  fruit- 
luiness  of  the  Sunday  school. 

t-vidences  have  been  seen  in  an  unusual  way  in  both  Japan  and  China  dur- 
ing the  past  four  years  of  what  the  grace  of  God  can,  do  through  a  Japanese 
or  Chinese  personality.  During  the  quadrennium  Paul  Kanamori,  with  his 
three-hour  sermon  on  "God,  Man  and  His  Sin  and  Jesus,  the  Savior,"  has  be- 
come aunost  a  world  figure.  In  China,  General  Feng  has  developed  an  army 
more  nearly  Christian  than  any  since  the  days  of  Cromwell. 

As  a  result  of  long  continued  activity  on  the  part  of  missionaries  in  China 
a  phonetic  script  has  been  devised  and  widely  accepted  that  promises  to  place 
literacy  within  the  reach  of  great  blocks  of  China  s  325,000,000  illiterate  people. 
This  will  have  a  greater  influence  in  spreading  knowledge  among  great  masses 
of  people  than  any  other  discovery  since  the  invention  of  movable  types.  All 
these  stirring  movements  flow  from  the  church's  determination  to  share  her 
life  with  others. 

The  Task  Big,  but  Definite  "*" 

The  second  observation  one  makes  is  the  definite  character  of  this  task. 
There  are  definite  tasks  for  every  church  and  definite  tasks  for  every  individual 
in  the  church. 

Our  l-oreign  Mission  problem  has  definite  geographical  boundaries  and 
yields  to  definite  methods  of  approach.  First  of  all,  it  is  important  to  know  that 
these  millions  may  be  reached  through  the  home.  In  the  main  it  is  true  abroad 
as  in  America,  "the  home  is  the  nation's  heart."  These  people  must  be  sought 
and  can  be  won  as  members  of  families.  It  may  reasonably  be  estimated  that 
among  5,000,000  people  there  are  1,000,000  families.  It  is  by  helping  to  solve 
some  of  the  problems  most  acute  among  these  families  that  a  favorable  hear- 
ing is  won  for  the  gospel.  Anything  that  strengthens  the  home  may  be  counted 
on  to  strengthen  the  church  later  on.  Among  the  needs  of  our  people  in 
Africa  and  certain  sections  in  the  Philippine  Islands  is  a  greater  variety  of 
fruits  and  vegetables,  increased  production,  new  methods  of  farming,  new  im- 
plements, more  industries. 

During  the  quadrennium  a  missionary  was  sent  to  the  Philippine  Islands 
for  service  among  the  Ifugao  people.  These  people  through  the  centuries 
past  have  been  driven  into  deep  mountain  valleys  by  the  better  educated  people 
of  the  plain.  Because  of  the  roof-like  steepness  of  their  mountain  home,  the 
lood  supply  is  limited  in  variety  and  quantity.  The  missionary  there,  among 
other  apportunitics  for  service,  can  be  of  incalculable  phj'sical  blessing  to  these 
mountain  people  in  revealing  to  them  God's  further  intention  in  their  mountain 
soil. 

But  it  is  in  Africa  where  the  greatest  attempt  has  been  made  during  the 
quadrennium  to  do  more  systematic  work  for  the  industrial  and  agricultural 
life  of  the  people.  We  are  proud  of  the  work  that  has  been  done  by  our  mis- 
sionaries who  have  developed  farms  and  gardens.  Desiring  to  extend  this 
work  the  Board  appointed  four  men,  each  of  whom  it  is  hoped  among  other 
duties  will  be  able  to  give  more  sustained  attention  in  one  station  to  these 
important  agricultural  and  industrial  problems  than  has  ever  been  possible 
before. 

Not   only   has   your   messenger.   The   Foreign   Missionary   Society,   been   at 
tempting    to    make    the    products    of   the    earth    more    abundant    and    varied    in 
certain  areas,  it  has  also  entered  thousands  of  these   homes  abroad  and  sought 
there  in  those  homes  to  help  remove  certain  of  its  greatest  anxieties.     Among 
these  are  the  anxieties  that  arise  from  physical  suffering. 

The  Hatfield-Archer  and  other  dispensaries  in  Africa,  though  handicapped 
during  the  war  by  the  difficulty  of  securing  drugs,  have  ministered  to  a  long 
line  of  impotent  folks.     37,914  persons  have  received  aid. 


During  the  quadrcnnium  the  Ramsburg  Memorial  Hospital  was  completed 
at  Siu  Lam,  China,  by  the  aid  of  funds  contributed  by  Air.  James  and  Miss 
Lucretia  Ramsburg,  of  Dallas  Center,  Iowa.  The  cost  of  this  building  was 
$14,00().00.  This  hospital  has  been  open  for  service  during  the  past  two  years, 
being  under  the  direction  of  a  Chinese  physician.  From  September  of  this 
year  Dr.  A.  D.  Cook,  having  completed  his  study  of  the  Chinese  language,  will 
be  in  active  control. 

In  Canton,  China,  a  new,  attractive  and  really  adequate  dispensary  building 
was  erected,  funds  having  been  contributed  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Coover, 
of  Annville,  Pennsylvania.  This  excellent  new  equipment  means  that  this  center 
that  has  touched  the  lives  of  so  manj'  tens  of  thousands  during  the  past  thirty 
years  is  to  attract  other  tens  of  thousands  in  the  coming  half  centurj'. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  report  that  because  of  the  generous  gift  of  $5,000.00  by 
Mr.  William  Michener,  of  St.  Anns,  Ontario,  a  former  United  Brethren  and  a 
member  of  the  1905  General  Conference,  it  has  been  possible  to  plan  for  the 
erection  of  a  new  hospital  in  Jiama,  Kono  District  in  Sierra  Leone.  A  trained 
nurse  has  already  been  at  the  station  a  year.  A  doctor  is  considering  the  op- 
portunity and  the  hospital  is  being  erected.  ' 

During  the  quadrennium  God  has  also  laid  it  on  the  heart  of  another  friend 
in  America  to  offer  property  valued  at  $12,500  to  supply  the  needs  of  a  hospital 
in  San  Fernando,  Philippine  Islands.  This  hospital  is  a  unit  in  the  equipment 
there  that  has  been  most  earnestly  requested  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  A  trained 
nurse  has  already  been  sent  to  the  Islands  to  begin  this  medical  service.  She 
has  already  begun  work  in  the  former  Training  School  building.  Two  Filipino 
doctors  are  giving  part  time  to  the  work.  A  doctor  is  being  sought.  The  hos- 
pital will  be  built  as  soon  as  Superintendent  Widdoes  can  return  to  give  it  his 
attention. 

One  other  item  in  the  development  of  the  medical  side  of  our  program  is 
the  action  of  our  Foreign  Board  in  accepting  partial  responsibility  for  the 
maintainance  and  staffing  of  the  Canton  Hospital.  This  hospital,  established 
in  1835,  has  had  a  history  rich  in  both  scientific  and  spiritual  values.  It  seemed 
likely  following  the  war  its  doors  would  be  closed.  A  new  cooperative  plan 
among  several  missions  calls  for  new  buildings  to  cost  $425,000.00  and  a  staff  of 
twelve  foreign  doctors  and  a  stipulated  current   income. 

Our  Board  was  asked  to  supply  one  doctor  on  this  staff  of  twelve  and 
$5,000  for  new  property  and  $1,000  per  year  toward  the  current   expense   fund. 

The  Foreign  Board  in  view  of  the  great  strategical  importance  of  the  posi- 
tion of  this  hospital  in  South  China,  and  because  of  its  history  and  the  confidence 
the  Chinese  have  in  it  and  because  it  meets  needs  far  beyond  the  ability  of  anv 
single  church  hospital  to  meet,  have  set  aside  Dr.  Frank  Oldt  for  service  in  this 
hospital  and  have  promised  the  desired  financial  support. 

The  problem  of  pain  which  no  known  remedv  will  relieve  is  an  almost  con- 
stant problem  in  the  most  of  these  1,000,000  families  to  which  God  has  been  per- 
mitting our   Church   to  minister. 

But  there  are  other  questions  of  grave  concern  in  these  foreign  homes.  What 
is  to  be  the  future  of  the  children  in  those  homes?  The  times  are  changing. 
The  most  tmtutorod  discern  that.  On  far  too  many  of  these  homes  debt  rests 
like  a  crushing  mill  stone.  Children  must  help  in  lifting  the  burden  of  del)t  from 
the  home. 

But  what  vocation  shall  the  children  in  these  homes  follow?  .And  how  are 
they  to  secure  adequate  training?  Will  the  homes  set  up  later  on  bv  these  chil- 
dren when  they  reach  the  home-making  stage  be  quite  the  same  as  their  parents' 
home? 

At  least  2,000,000  children  abroad  have  been  pitifully  dependent  on  agencies 
maintained  bv  the  United  Brethren  Church  to  give  them  intellectual,  vo- 
cational and  spiritual  direction.  In  their  presence  it  is  easv  to  sav  with  Llo'-d 
George:  "Training  the  next  generation  is  the  biggest  business  of  this  genera- 
tion." 

Our  missionaries  have  helped  to  solve  these  problems  that  relate  to  the 
well-being  of  the  child  in  the  foreign  home  by  gathering  certain  of  the  smaller 
children  into  kindergartens.  Our  Church  maintains  seven  kindergartens,  five  in 
Japan  and  two  in  China.  For  the  training  of  children  a  few  v'-ars  older,  fortv- 
three  day  schools  in  .Africa  and  China  have  been  conducted.  The  general  policy 
of  our  missions  in  lands  where  there  are  no  schools  supported  I)y   the   govern- 


nicnt,  is  to  establish  a  day  school   wherever   a  church   is   established   and   make 
it  as  near  self-supporting  as  possible. 

Probably  the  most  con^picuous  achievement  of  the  Church  through  the 
Foreign  Missionary  Society  during  the  quadrennium  is  the  supi)lying  of  the 
rather  exceptional  equipment  for  the  training  of  girls  and  j'oung  women  in 
mission  boarding  schools. 

First,  While  the  buildings  were  practically  completed  in  the  previous 
quadrennium,  the  Miller  Seminary,  in  Siu  Lam,  China,  was  first  opened  for 
classes  under  new  conditions  during  the  period  under  review.  It  cares  for  about 
fifty  regular  boarders  ever}'  year  besids  fifty  additional  day  pupils. 

The  Woman's  Bible  Training  School,  at  San  Fernando,  Philippine  Islands, 
was  comjileted  last  year  at  a  cost  of  $27, (K)O.OO  for  building  and  equipment.  Here 
thirty  young  women  are  in  training  as  deaconesses  and  thirty  other  high  school 
girls  find  here  the  influence  of  a  Christian  home. 

Another  most  interesting  work  for  girls  is  that  conducted  at  Moyamba, 
Sierra  Leone,  a  land  that  has  not  appreciated  woman's  intellectual  capacity  over 
much.  A  curriculum  providing  for  nine  years'  work  has  been  outlined  to  pre- 
pare African  girls  to  be  Christian  wives  and  mothers.  The  members  of  the 
Phelps-Stokes  Educational  Commission  after  visiting  Moyamba  spoke  of  the 
work  as  comparing  favorably  with  the  work  of  similar  grade  conducted  at  Hamp- 
ton and  Tuskegee.  Work  on  a  larger  and  more  adequate  building  has  been  in 
progress   several   weeks. 

The  full  value  of  these  three  girls'  schools  will  be  seen  later  in  multiplied 
Christian   homes. 

Our  Church  has  been  responding  to  childhood  s  cry,  "Come  over  and  help 
us  by  maintaining  in   Africa  seven   boys'  boarding   schools   where   African  boj\s 
cannot  onl}-  secure  the  coveted  education  but  are  cared  for  in  supervised  Chris-  ' 
tian  dormitories,  the  nearest  possible   equivalent  of  a  parental   Christian   home. 

As  it  seemed  highly  necessary  in  China  to  do  as  good  work  for  boys  as  is 
being  done  for  girls,  two  of  our  American  young  men  have,  during  the  quadren- 
nium, been  assigned  to  the  definite  task  of  promoting  boys'  education,  just  now 
particularly  grammar  school  education.  These  schools,  one  in  Canton  and  one 
in  Siu  Lam,  are  already  going  concerns.  The  gift  of  $8,000  has  been  given  by 
a  friend  towards  a  boys'  school  building.  A  lot  has  been  purchased  for  a  boys' 
school  in  Siu  Lam  at  a  cost  of  $4,000.00.  It  is  expected  that  within  the  quadren- 
nium these  two  school  buildings  will  be  erected  and  equipped. 

Work  for  students  prepared  to  do  high  school  work  is  provided  for  at  the 
Albert  Academy,  in  Freetown,  Sierra  Leone.  Here  a  staff  of  six  African  teachers 
and  three  Americans  are,  through  the  opportunities  presented  in  the  class  room 
and  the  manual  training  department,  seeking  to  build  up  Christian  character  in 
the  lives  of  these  boys  at  a  critical  period  in  their  lives. 

The  Albert  Academy  attendance  has  been  ninety-three,  of  whom  fifty  are 
boarders.  Opportunities  for  self-help  are  also  offered.  Sixteen  young  men  have 
supported  themselves  b_v  working  from  four  to  five  hours  per  day  in  the  wood- 
work or  printing  shops.  Young  men  intending  to  take  up  teaching  as  a  life- 
work,  secure  initial  normal  training  in  their  course.  Later  Reading  Courses 
and  Institutes  are  provided. 

In  China  there  is  a  Union  Normal  School  for  young  women  in  which  the 
United  Brethren  Church  has  one  unit. 

A  good  Union  Normal  School  for  young  men  is  greatlv  needed  in  South 
China,  but  in  the  midst  of  many  other  things  to  be  done  it  has  seemed  im- 
possible'to  respond  to  this  need. 

Young  men  in  Africa  preparing  for  the  ministry  after  graduating  from  a 
high  school   pursue  the  course  of  reading  required  by  the   General   Conference. 

In  our  other  four  fields  our  young  men  are  trained  in  union  theological 
schools. 

The  theological  school  in  Puerto  Rico  stands  along  side  of  the  insular 
university  at  Rio  Picdras,  which  insures  good  scholastic  standards.  Six  Mission 
Boards  are  back  of  this  cooperative  task.  The  United  Brethren  Mission  bears 
the  cost  of  one  unit  in  this  excellent  training  institution  at  a  cost  of  $500.00  per 
year. 

Our  pastors  in  Japan  are  trained  in  the  theological  department  of  the 
Doshisha  Universitv.  The  United  Brethren  Church  cooperates  to  the  extent  of 
maintaining  one  missionarj'  professor  in  the  theological  faculty  and  paj'ing  the 
salary  of  a  Japanese  professor. 

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Eight  Mission  Boards  are  back  of  the  Union  Theological  College,  in  Canton, 
China.  United  Brethren  participation  consists  in  the  giving  of  one  missionary 
for  half  time  teaching  and  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  $600  annually,  making  up 
the  unit  that  entitles  our  representative  to  a  share  in  the  management. 

This  theological  college  has  acquired  new  grounds  and  erected  a  number 
of  new  and  substantial  buildings  within  the  quadrenniuni.  It  falls  to  few  edu- 
cational institutions  to  face  without  a  rival  so  large  and  important  a  field  as 
this  Canton  Theological  College,  which,  with  one  small  German  school,  is  the 
only  agency   training  spiritual   shepherds   for  at  least   27,000,000  people. 

After  ten  years  of  delightful  cooperation  in  union  theological  school  work 
in  Manila  during  which  period  the  work  has  been  carried  on  in  rather  cramped 
quarters,  a  seventy-five  acre  site  has  been  secured  just  outside  the  city  of 
Manila.  Five  thousand  dollars  have  been  paid  by  our  Foreign  Board  towards  this 
I'ewer  and  larger  plant. 

Altogether  our  Church  through  its  representative  is  meeting  1879  students 
of  all  grades  in  our  class  rooms.  One  hundred  and  five  of  these  are  in  training 
for  definite  Chritstian  work. 

Christian  Americans,  grateful  for  the  helpful  educational  advantages  enjoyed 
by  their  own  young  people,  are  saying  to  j'oung  people  through  these  schools,  "1 
live,  you  too  shall  live." 

How  much  that  is  best  in  the  believer's  life  is  interlaced  by  the  sweet  in- 
fluences of  the  house  of  God.  Almost  unconsciously  the  churches  you  represent 
in  America  have  through  their  gifts  been  building  temples  in  lands  where  these 
temples  far  too  frequently  are  strangers. 

Owing  to  the  excessively  high  cost  of  building  material,  the  price  of  which 
was  as  a  rule  the  American  price  plus  almost  extortionate  shipping  charges,  the 
Foreign  Board  felt  unable  to  respond  to  the  very  urgent  letters  and  cables 
asking  for  funds  for  larger  buildings  in  Kobe,  Japan,  Canton  and  Siu  Lam, 
China,  Manila,  Philippine  Islands  and  Yauco,  Puerto  Rico.  However,  a  number 
of  church  buildings  of  moderate  cost  have  been  erected. 

The  outstanding  items  under  the  head  of  church  houses  and  grounds  are  the 
new  churches  at  Cervantes  and  Baguio  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  acquiring 
of  property  in  the  city  of  Manila  for  dormitory  and  church  purposes  at  a  cost 
of  $22,500.  On  this  property  $10,000  has  been  paid.  A  church  building  in 
Leung  Kong,  China,  was  made  possible  by  the  gift  of  $2,500,  given  by  Brother 
H.  S.   Immel,  of  Mountville,  Pennsylvania. 

A  lot  for  a  church  in  Kobe,  in  certain  respects  Japan's  most  important  sea- 
port, was  acquired  during  the  past  year  at  a  cost  of  $11,000. 

The  Church's  Task  Not   Only  Big  and  Definite  but   Cooperative 

The  reason  the  Church  could  face  this  great  task  without  dismay  was  because 
of  the  great  number  of  sturdy  forces  cooperating  to  win  success.  Among  these 
forces  that  have  been  united  in  the  Foreign  Mission  enterprises  are  God-fearing 
parents,  devoted  Sunday-school  teachers  and  pastors,  editors  whose  pens  inform 
and  inspire  youth,  college  professors,  through  the  windows  of  whose  class  rooms 
students  see  the  needs  of  the  whole  world.  Volunteer  Movement  secretaries, 
the  Bishops  and  other  members  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Board,  the  Fxecutive 
and   Candidate   Committees   that   have   given   time   and   energy  unstintedly. 

The  Board  owes  a  big,  hearty,  "I  thank  you,"  to  all  those  who  have  made 
gifts  to  Foreign  Missions  through  general  church  offerings.  The  total  of  these 
has  made  the  largest  gift. 

Other  comrades  in  the  felhowship  of  service  have  been  the  Ottcrbein  Guild, 
Women's  Missionary  Association  and  individuals  that  have  supported  or  partially 
supported  missionaries  or  erected  buildings.  Without  the  aid  of  these  re- 
sourceful, self-denying  coworkers  our  work  could  not   have   been  maintained. 

The  measure  of  this  cooperation  in  dollars  and  cents  will  be  reported  by 
the  General  Church  Treasurer. 

At  times  during  the  quadrennium,  owing  to  the  fluctuating  costs  due 
to  war  conditions,  this  department  learned  new  lessons  in  walking  by  faith. 

The  members  of  the  Board  I  am  sure  would  wish  a  special  word  of  gratitude 
expressed  to  all  those  who  in  an  hour  of  iniusual  need  shared  in  the  Self-T)enial 
Offering,  in  March,  1918.     This  offering  totaled  $4^), 795. 75. 

Gratitude  is  also  expressed  to  the  Ottcrbein  Ciuild  and  Women's  Missionary 
Association.     The  grants  from  these  sources  were  $311,979.80. 


A  further  wor^  of  thanks  is  expressed  to  those  churches  and  individuals 
who  have  supported  or  shared  in  the  support  of  a  missionary.  The  society  is 
grateful  too,  for  gifts  for  special  buildings.  All  these  funds,  which  now 
amount  to  $52,000.00  are  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  and  will  be  used  as 
designated  just  as  soon  as  the  prices  of  materials  drop  or  our  funds  increase  so 
that  the  buildings  can  be  erected  to  meet  the  needs  as  seen  now. 

Had  it  not  been  for  the  larger  income  that  came  to  the  Foreign  Board 
through  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  it  would  have  been  necessary  to 
have  reduced  the  appropriation  for  current  work  abroad  or  to  have  detained 
nine  missionaries  at  home  who  were  due  to  go  abroad  who  have  reached  their 
stations — three  in  Africa,  two  in  China  and  four  in  the  Philippine  Islands — the 
past  seven  months. 

Neither  could  we  have  shared  in  the  opening  of  evangelical  work  in  Santo 
Domingo,  though  it  has  waited  for  the  gospel  just  off  our  shore  four  hundred 
years.  Neither  could  we  have  authorized  the  purchase  of  a  lot  for  a  church  in 
Kobe,  Japan's  most  important  sea-port,  a  city  with  a  population  of  half  a  mil- 
lion or  made  a  definite  beginning  in  medical  work  though  it  had  been  most 
earnestly  asked  for,  for  ten  years. 

With  the  severest  economj'^  and  resisting  so  many  demands  for  help  the 
Board  seemed  unsympathetic  to  persons  making  the  appeals,  yet  the  Board  came 
to  the  close  of  its  financial  j-ear  with  little  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  on 
the  right  side  of  the  ledger.  One's  mind  draws  back  from  contemplating  what 
the  effect  would  have  been  on  our  over-worked  forces  abroad  if  it  had  not  been 
possible  to  send  these  missionaries  or  what  the  effect  on  the  Church  would 
have  been  if  a  debt  of  $50,000  had  accumulated. 

The  members  of  the  Foreign  Board  believe  that  the  Movement  was  clearly 
the  means  God  used  to  enable  his  advancing  forces,  when  there  was  danger 
of  retrenchment  or  collapse,  to  abide  firmly  by  the  task  abroad  in  lifting  up 
Christ  as  Savior  and  Lord. 

Other  comrades  in  this  inspiring  fellowship  are  our  missionaries  who  have 
gone  abroad.  Some  have  left  parents,  ill  or  aged.  Others  have  left  children. 
Some  have  ventured  to  cross  seas  that  were  mined  or  infested  by  submarines. 
The  women  were  as  plucky  as  the  men.  All  have  borne  the  yoke  of  hardship 
because  salaries  w^ere  inadequate;  because  reduced  missionary  staffs  imposed 
unjust  responsibilities  on  shoulders  already  too  full.  Certain  of  these  coworkers 
have  been  ill  away  from  home.     Others  are  ill  today,  seriously  ill. 

Nor  should  we  forget  the  children  of  these  missionary  homes,  who  by  force 
of  providences,  be3'ond  their  control,  are  cut  off  from  fellowship  with  parents 
or  playmates,  or  the  kinds  of  food  which  are  childhood's  right.  The  men,  the 
women,  the  children  have  all  been  good  soldiers. 

The  Noble  Intention  of  Two  Friends,  Rufus  and  Ella  Clark 

Whatever  the  outcome  in  the  final  settlement  of  the  Rufus  and  Ella  Clark 
Estates,  the  intentions  of  these  friends  cannot  be  too  highly  appreciated.  It 
may  be  one  of  the  chief  values  the  Church  will  receive  from  this  estate  is  the 
great  importance  on  the  part  of  those  who  would  make  gifts  to  benevolent 
causes  of  making  all   legal  arrangements   during  their  life  time. 

Some  progress  has  been  made  during  the  quadrcnnium  in  settling  up  the 
estates  of  these  friends.  One  thousand  one  hundred  and  nine  vacant  lots  were 
sold  through  the  agency  of  Conner  and  Milner,  and  about  one-fourth  of  the 
purchase  price  has  been  received  in  cash  to  date. 

During  the  quadrennium  a  receiver  was  appointed  for  the  propertj'  held  as 
.collateral  for  the  Nye  note.  An  extensive  law  suit  is  now  in'  progress  to  de- 
termine the  validity  of  the  claims  for  this  property.  We  have  employed  as  our 
attorneys,  J.  W.  McCreery  and  Son,  of  Greeley,  Colorado.  Our  attorneys  be- 
lieve that  our  society  has  the  first  claim  on  this  property. 

The  prospects  are  now  good  for  selling  the   Loretta  Heights. 

Dr.  S.  S.  Hough  has  been  looking  after  the  matter  of  settling  up  the 
estate  as  trustee  of  the  society,  and  he  has  been  ably  assisted  at  different  times 
by  Dr.  W.  R.  Funk.  They  are  doing  everything  that  can  be  done  to  close 
up  the  estate  and  turn  whatever  assets  may  be  available  for  the  promotion  of 
the  cause  for  which  the  bequests  were  made. 

Another  unit  in  the  cooperating  group  that  deserves  to  be  mentioned  in- 
dividually was   the  former  General   Secretary  of  the   society,  whose  painstaking 


familiarity  with  the  problems  of  the  society,  vision,  heroism  in  assvmiing  great 
responsibility,  discernment,  sympathy,  tact,  patience  and  devotion  has  given  to 
his  contribntion  to  the  cause  of  Foreign  Missions  in  the  United  Brethren 
Church  an  enduring,  granite-like  character. 

The  educational  secretary  too,  whose  Spirit-filled  life  has  interlaced  itself 
inextricably  with  the  lives  of  the  missionaries  on  the  field  through  correspond- 
ence or  public  addresses  has  also  helped  incalculal)ly  to  prepare  the  work  for 
the   coming  kingdom  of  God. 

On  the  field  the  union  language  schools  in  Tokyo  and  Canton,  where  our 
young  missionaries  have  learned  to  speak,  union  normal  schools  in  South  China, 
union  theological  schools  in  four  fields,  union  publishing  plants  in  two  areas, 
union  evangelistic  enterprises  in  Santo  Domingo  and  China,  union  inspirational 
conferences  as  in  Puerto  Rico,  Japan,  China  and  the  Philippines,  the  World's 
"^unda.v-school  Association,  the  China-for-Christ  Movement  —  all  these  were 
sturdy  team-mates  in  the  great  game  of  sharing  the  best  of  our  life  with  our 
less  fortunate  friends. 

This  task  has  had  its  fascination  because  of  its  constant  fruitfulness.  It 
seemed  during  the  war  that  even  to  holrl  our  own  would  be  a  miracle.  The  fruit 
has  not  always  appeared  just  when  and  where  expected,  but  there  have  been 
gains. 

It  is  something  that  thirty-two  new  missionaries  have  been  discovered  and 
sent  out. 

Medical  cases  to  the  number  of  127,234  have  been  reported.  The  Sunday 
schools  enroll  8220. 

Two  printing  plants  are  maintained.  Denominational  papers  are  published 
in  all  fields.  The  Puerto  Rico  Evangelico  started  in  1912,  has  a  weekly  circula- 
tion of  6()()0,  the  largest  of  any  paper  in  the  Island. 

Besides  chapels  not  reported  in  the  statistics,  there  are  eighty-seven  church- 
buildings  valued  at  $313,916.     There  are  920  preaching  places,  a  gain  of  244. 

There  are  now  forty-two  ordained  and  fortj^-seven  unordained  native  men, 
a  p-ain  of  nine  ordained  men  during  the  four  years.  These  eighty-nine  pastors 
minister  to  a  group  of  8480  believers. 

There  have  been  2871   accessions  to  the  churches  on  confession  of  faith. 

Our  people  have  contributed  for  distinctively  church  purposes  $70,328, 
and  for  church,  educational  and  medical  purposes  $123.0.S8. 

The   total    value   of  our   property   abroad   is   now  $586,113. 

The  writer  of  this  report  has  been  connected  with  the  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  in  various  capacities  since  the  autumn  of  1894.  The  following  statistics 
show  the  growth  of  our  foreign  work  during  that  time. 

1895  1905  1915  1920 

Missionaries   16  31  64  72 

Ordained    Native    Workers 0  4  25  42 

Total   Native  Workers 21  81  174  178 

Organized   Churches   10  38  102  106 

Communicant   Members   400  1,429  6,432  8,480 

Sunday    Schools    10  38  116  121 

Sunday-School   Enrollment 696  2,243  7,199  8,220 

Young   People's   Societies    1  6  34  33 

Members  in  Young  Peoi)le's  Societies  -v  35  239  765  805 

Day  and  Boarding  Schools 9  14  43  53 

Pupils  in  Day  and  Boarding  Schools..-  594  901  1,669  1.879 

Dispensaries   2  2  8  7 

Cases  Treated 31,614 

Value   of  Mission   Property $30,000  $76,927      $259,678      $586,113 

Bevond  these  figures  and  more  important  than  the  figures  is  the  new 
spirit  that  is  mentioned  in  letters  from  the  field.  Africa  is  conducting  this 
year  a  campaign  much  like  our  own  United  h'^nlistment  Campaign  but  called 
there  a  Movement  for  the  Masses.  A  letter  from  the  superintendent,  dated 
March  28,  states  "we  had  five  evangelistic  meetings  here  (in  Bonthe)  lastiweek. 
There  >vere  fifty  to  ninety  at  the  altar  each  evening.  The  services  were  con- 
rliicted  in  the  vernacular.  Pastor  S.  B.  Catdker  gave  the  message  each  evening. 
He   still   grows   in   sinritual    power   and   is   most    thorough    in    spiritual    teachings. 

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"I  went  to  Bendu  to  spend  the  Sunday,  Easter,  baptized  six  infants,  five 
adults;  received  sixteen  nicnil)ers.  Rosselot  reports  seventy-four  decisions  at 
Sheiige.  Freetown  reports  eighty-four.  1  was  at  Mando  one  Sunday  when 
there  were  forty-four  earnest  seekers  at  the  altar.  I  do  not  want  to  make  too 
nnich  out  of  it  l)ut  there  has  been  more  to  rejoice  my  soul  in  the  last  few  weeks 
than   I   have  ever  witnessed  out  here  before." 

Our  churches  in  Puerto  Rico  a  year  ago  began  to  plan  to  make  every  one 
of  our  churches  in  that  Island  self-supporting  within  the  next  fifteen  years.  Our 
former  superintendent  has  spent  the  year  in  the  large  neighboring  Island  of 
Santo  Domingo,  purchasing  property  for  a  new  cooperative  mission.  $5(),()()0 
has  already  been  invested  by  the  missions  interested  in  Santo  Domingo's  capital. 

Our  Japanese  leaders,  dissatisfied  with  past  achievements,  are  determining 
anew  to  win  the  children  and  the  people  around  their  churches  to  Christ. 

Our  China  churches  in  the  midst  of  political  chaos  the  greater  part  of  the 
(piadrennium  are  sharing  in  the  China-for-Christ  Movement  with  its  emphasis 
on: 

Every   Christian 

Praying,  reading  the  Bil)le,  winning  relatives,  giving  systematically,  work- 
ing in  some  form  of  the  community'  service. 

Every  Christian  Home 

Essentially  Christian,  a  training  school  in  Christian  virtues,  a  center  of 
Christian  service. 

Every  Christian  School 

Bringing  students  to  Christ,  calling  for  consecration  of  life,  emphasizing 
Christian  leadership,  preparing  students  for  Christian  citizenship. 

Every  Christian  Hospital 

Relieving  phj'sical  distress,  setting  standards  of  public  health,  show'ing 
Christian  attitude  towards  suffering,  witnessing  the  power  of  Christ  to  heal  the 
soul   and    body. 

Every  Christian  Church 

Deepening  fellowship  with  God,  training  members  in  service,  providing 
religious  education  for  children,  studj'ing  economic  and  industrial  needs  of 
members,  cooperating  in  service,  showing  Christ  as  the  only  hope  of  the  in- 
dividual and  nation. 

Superintendent  Widdoes,  of  the  Philippines,  writes:  "I  am  glad  to  report 
that  seventy-four  more  Igorots  were  baptized  in  Kabayan  when  our  super- 
vising pastor  visited  the  mission  field  recently.  That  makes  over  one  hundred 
and  fifty  new  members  in  that  new  mission  field  this  year,  the  mission  supported 
iiy  our  Ilocano  churches." 

A  short  time  ago  the  writer  of  this  report  was  awakened  one  morning  in 
a  hotel  in  one  of  America  s  growing  cities  by  the  medley  of  snarling  noises  of 
the  early,  morning  street  traffic.  The  day  before  the  seventh  policeman  to  be 
shot  in   two  years   had  been  killed. 

One  of  the  city's  judges,  who  had  been  under  trial  for  murder,  w'as  being 
sought  on  a  perjury  charge.  Hold-ups  were  almost  a  daib^  occurrence.  It 
mi^ht  have  been  easy  to  have  allowed  oneself  to  drift  into  a  pessimistic  mood, 
hut  cheerily  there  in  that  early  morning  hour  above  the  din  of  the  city's  streets 
one's  ear  caught  the  shrill  notes  of  an  old  gospel  hvmn  whistled  by  someone, 
while  passing  along  the  street,  the  old  tune  of  "At  the  Cross,  at  the  cross, 
where  I  first  saw  the  light  and  the  burden  of  my  heart  rolled  awav.  It  was  there 
bv  faith" — and  my  morning  whistler  had  passed  beyond  my  hearing.  I  thanked 
Cod  for  the  whistler.  I  arose,  looked  out  of  the  window,  saw  a  new  city,  not 
the  city  jiictured  in  the  newspapers,  but  a  city  in  which  tens  of  thousands  of 
nuobstrusive  believers  were  quietly  beginning  the  day  with  God,  rejoicing  that 
"at  the  cross  the  burden  of  their  sin  had  rolled  awav." 


During  the   quadrennium,   we  as   a   church,  have  been  sharing   in  so  far  as 
humans    can    share    in    the    deep    groan-evoking    w^ork    of    redemption.      If    well 
advertised  sin  in  America  or  sin  on  the  ships  that  have  carried  our  young  people 
or  sin  in  these  lands  to  which  they  have  gone  out  has  claimed  such  a  preeminent 
place  in  our  thinking  that  we  have  been  at  times  depressed,  shall  not  the  ear  of 
our  souls  at  this  time  catch  the  victorious  note  of  the  church's  morning  in  these 
lands  that  are  growing  increasingly  dear  to  us?  Shall  we  not  rejoice  that  God  has 
allowed  our  Church  to  release  agencies  in  many  a  dark,  sin-vexed  community  that 
have  set  children,  men  and  women  singing  the  truth  of  the  old  hymn: 
"At  the  Cross,  at  the  cross,  where  I  first  saw  the  light 
And  the  burden  of  my  heart  rolled  away, 
It  was  there,  by  faith,  I  received  my  sight     . 
And  now  I  am  happy  all  the  day." 
Leading   boys   and   girls,   men   and   women   to   that   cross,   helping   them    to 
discover  that  light  and  that  joy  is  the  one   service  the   Foreign   Missionary   So- 
ciety has  been  seeking  to  render.     The   service  assumes   many   different  guises. 
There  is  just  one  task. 

Respectfully  submitted. 
ALFRED  T.   HOWARD,   Acting   (General   Secretary. 


Summary  of  Statistics  for  Quadrennium 

1917  1918 

Ordained  Men 21  20 

Unordained   Men   4  5 

Itinerants   17  17 

Single  Women 17  17 

Wives     21  19 

Doctors    3  3 

Total  Missionaries 66  62 

Native   Workers — 

Ordained    Preachers    33  38 

Unordained    Preachers    38  32 

Itinerants    69  78 

Other  Native  workers 126  124 

Total   Native   Workers 195  214 

In  Training  for  Ministry 44  44 

In   Training   for   Other   Work 61  66 

Day  and   Boarding   Schools 45  55 

Pupils  in  Day  and  Boarding  Schools--  1,573  1,979 

Union  Schools 4  4 

Dispensaries 6  7 

Cases  Treated 35,713  29,645 

Sunday  Schools 123  HI 

S.  S.  Teachers  and  Officers 592  626 

S.  S.   Pupils  ^_  7,303  7,340 

Total   S.   S.    Enrollment 7,895  7,966 

Young  People  s  Societies -30  24 

Members  in  Y.  P.  S. 1 929  895 

lunior  C.  E.  Societies 53  40 

Members  in  J.  C.  E.  S. 1,632  1,523 

Organized   Churches 113  111 

Other   Preaching   Places 67fi  734 

(Communicant   Members   7,899  8,301 

Added  on  Profession  of  Faith 982  607 

Amt.  contributed  on  F^icld,  not  including 

medical    and    educational    fees $13,501  $15,672 

Amount    contributed    on    l^'ield    including 

medical  and  educational   fees $24,174  $24,768 

10 


1919 

1920 

19 

24 

6 

4 

19 

21 

13 

16 

22 

26 

3 

3 

64 

72 

42 

42 

36 

38 

74 

74 

117 

9a 

194 

178 

44 

4/ 

70 

58 

55 

53 

2,182 

1,879 

7 

7 

6 

7 

30,261 

31,61-+ 

106 

121 

577 

570 

7,527 

7,381 

8,433 

8,220 

23 

33 

850 

805 

37 

31 

1,212 

1,098 

106 

106 

697 

920 

8,356 

8,480 

670 

612 

$19,035 

$22,119 

$33,440 

$40,676 

86 

87 

87 

$131,377 

$149,042 

$313,916 

17 

18 

18 

$100,104 

$160,644 

$182,125 

34 

37 

35 

$10,897 

$11,477 

$15,831 

$118,820 

$178,268 

$184,24/ 

$361,108 

$499,431 

$586,113 

Church  Houses * 85 

\alue  Church   Houses   &  Grounds $128,33/ 

Missionar}'   Residences   17 

\alue  Missionary  Residences  &  Grounds    $93,814 

Parsonages  lor  Native   Pastors 34 

\'alue  Parsonages  for  Xative  Pastors. _  $10,902 
Value  of  Other  Property,  Schools.  etc.__  $98,671 
Total    \'alue    Property    $331,724 

Receipts  and  Expenditures   for   Quadrennium 

Receipts   from   churches   and    individuals    for   current    work $493,193.55 

Receipts  from  chjirches  and  individuals  for  buildings  and  equipment.-     39.715.45 

Receipts  from  W.   M.  A.  for  current  work 234,458.08 

Receipts  from  W.  Al.  A.  for  buildings  and  equipment 77,521.72 

Annuity  Gifts 29,300.00 

Borrowed   Money,   Permanent   Fund.   Real   Estate   63,866.67 

Rufus  Clark  Estates  17.611.51 

Special   Appropriations   9,444.78 

Special  Deposit  of  Friends __  800.00 

Aliscellaneous    481.24 

Total  for  Quadrennium   $966,393.00 

Cash  on  hand  at  the  beginning  of  the  quadrennium 13,428.29 

Total   in   the   Treasury   for   the   quadrennium $979,821.29 

Total    Expenditures    for    quadrennium 925,922.27 

Balance  on  Hand  April  1,  1921 $  53,899.02 


Quadrennial    Report   of 

CHAS.  W.  BREWBAKER 
General  Secretary 

Sunday  Schools  and 
Brotherhoods 

of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ 


"Feed  my  lambs,"  John  21:15 
"Feed  my  sheep,"  John  21:17 


Twenty -Eighth  General  Conference 

Indianapolis,  Indiana,  May  12,  1921 


Quadrennial  Report 
Sunday  School  and  Brotherhood  Work 

To  the  Twenty-eighth  General  Conference  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ, 
Greetings : 

It  is  with  profound  gratitude  to  Almighty  God  that  I  present  this  the  four- 
teenth quadrennial  report  of  the  Sunday-school  department  to  your  honorahle 
body.  God  has  been  gracious  and  good  beyond  measure.  In  the  awful  crisis 
through  which  the  world  recently  passed  the  Church  has  proven  herself  the 
salt  of  the  earth,  the  lig'ht  of  the  world  and  a  mighty  factor  in  saving  the  race 
from  impending  destruction.  Her  growing  ideals  of  democracy  will  live  in  the 
future  and  the  gospel  of  our  Lord  will  have  a  new  meaning  as  applied  to  all 
human  relationships.  During  the  past  four  years  all  of  the  agencies  of  the 
Church  suffered  seemingly  irreparable  losses  numerically,  among  which  is  the 
Sunday  school,  and  yet  there  never  was  a  time  when  the  denominations  have 
come  closer  together  in  united  plans,  program  and  action  in  this  important  field. 
The  present  is  marked  for  its  increased  breadth  of  vision  and  effort  in  the  field 
of  Religious  Education  in  behalf  of  the  childhood  and  youth  of  the  world. 
There  are  already  signs  of  marked  progress  and  recovery  of  the  great  losses 
sustained. 

The  period  covered  in  this  report  is  from  April  1,  1917,  to  April  1,  1921. 
We  are  glad  to  say  that  full  time  was  given  to  the  work  without  any  hindrance 
by  sickness  or  misfortune.  I  have  been  unusually  busy  both  in  office  and 
field.  During  the  four  years  the  office  work  has  been  heavy  and  there  were 
many  calls  for  service  along  many  other  lines  due  to  world  conditions.  Aside 
from  many  thousand  multigraphed  letters  375,000  pieces  of  printed  matter  were 
issued  by  the  office.  I  have  served  on  Committees  in  the  Sunday-school  Council 
of  Evangelical  Denominations,  the  Inter-church  World  Movement,  the  United 
Enlistment  Movement,  and  at  present  am  a  Trustee  of  the  International  Sunday- 
school  Association  and  a  member  of  its  Executive  Committee. 

During  the  quadrennium  I  have  spoken  758  times  including  lectures, 
addresses,  sermons,  etc.  Have  participated  in  sixtj'-four  Sunday-school  Group 
meetings.  Institutes  and  Schools  of  Methods,  three  State  Conventions,  five  State 
Group  Meetings,  twenty-two  County  Conventions,  six  Township  conventions, 
five  C.  E.  Conventions,  thirty-three  Annual  Conferences  and  have  conducted  an 
Evangelistic  meeting  each  year  which  resulted  in  250  conversions. 

In  1917  we  published  a  book  entitled  "The  Devotional  Life  of  the  Sunday- 
school  Worker."  We  believe  that  this  little  volume  of  ten  chapters  meets  a  great 
need  in  the  lives  of  our  Sunday-school  officers  and  teachers.  Many  of  those 
who  have  read  it  commend  it  most  highly,  which  we  appreciate  greatly  and 
only  wish  that  its  circulation  may  widen  and  that  all  who  read  its  pages  may 
be  inspired  to  greater  things  in  the  Sunday-school  field  and  be  enriched 
spiritually.  ' 

SPECIAL  DAYS  AND  SEASONS. 

The  department  has  aimed  each  year  to  keep  before  the  pastors  and  workers 
throughout  the  Church  the  special  days  and  seasons  of  the  church  and  Sunday- 
school  year,  which  we  believe  acts  as  a  stimulus  as  well  as  an  educational  factor 
in  the  work. 

THE  WORLD'S  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  CONVENTION. 

At  the  Board  Meeting  held  at  Corydon  May  20-24,  the  Secretary  was  elected 
to  represent  the  denomination  as  delegate  to  the  Eighth  World  Sunday-school 
Convention  which  met  at  Tokyo,  Japan,  October  5-14,  1920.  I  left  home 
Tuesday,    September   7,   and    returned    Monday,    November    29,    making    in    all 


(lacking  one  day)  twelve  weeks.  In  starting,  our  ship  was  delayed  nearlj-  one 
week  before  leaving  Vancouver,  B.  C,  which  with  a  big  storm  at  sea  caused 
us  to  arrive  in  Japan  several  days  later  than  scheduled.  The  Convention 
undoubtedly  was  a  great  blessing  to  "The  Sunrise  Kingdom,"  indeed  to  the 
entire  Orient.  It  was  my  privilege  to  spend  five  weeks  in  Japan  doing  intensive 
work.  I  spoke  forty-two  times  and  conducted  two  Sunday-school  Institutes. 
It  was  a  real  joy  to  be  in  the  homes  of  our  missionaries  and  to  visit  all  the 
charges  of  our  native  pastors.  Surely  we  have  a  splendid  corps  of  workers, 
who  are  loyal,  self  sacrificing  and  consecrated  to  their  task.  All  showed  great 
interest  in  the  World's  Sunday-school  Convention.  They  expressed  their 
churchly  pride  in  the  recognition  that  the  United  Brethren  denomination  had 
in  the  convention.  Indeed  the  place  our  Church  holds  in  Sunday-school  leader- 
ship in  Japan  is  worthy  of  mention.  Rev.  Y.  Oakazaki,  pastor  of  our  Honjo 
Ku  Church,  Tokyo,  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  National 
Sunday-school  Association  of  Japan.  Rev.  K.  Yabe  is  general  Secretary  of 
his  province.  Rev.  Y.  Ono,  of  Kobe,  is  president  of  the  Kobe  Sunday-school 
Association  and  Rev.  C.  Yasuda  of  the  Kyoto  Association,  both  large  cities. 
Other  United  Brethren  from  America  who  attended  the  Convention  were 
Attorney  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Cogan  and  daughter,  Ruth,  of  Canton,  Ohio;  Miss 
Ruth  Koontz,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  Attorney  and  Mrs.  E.  E.  McCurdy,  of 
Lebanon,  Pennsylvania. 

Letters  received  from  our  missionaries  and  a  number  of  our  native  pastors 
since  my  return  to  America  indicate  larger  plans  for  the  future  and  greater 
victories  in  the  Sunday-school  work  in  "The  Sunrise  Kingdom." 

I  wish  to  thank  the  Church  most  heartil}-  for  the  privilege  I  had  in  repre- 
senting our  work  in  that  land  whose  millions  need  our  Lord  and  Christ  .and 
whose  minds  are  open  to  the  teachings  of  the  Bible. 

OTHER  FOREIGN  FIELDS. 

Africa,  China,  the  Philippines  and  Porto  Rico  report  splendid  progress  in 
Sunday-school  work.  Our  Year  Book  shows  a  total  in  all  of  our  Foreign 
fields  of  123  schools,  577  officers  and  teachers  and  an  enrollment  of  8433.  Bishop 
A.  T.  Howard  reports  in  detail  all  of  our  Foreign  work.  We  believe  that  the 
department  should  keep  in  closer  touch  with  our  missionaries  in  regard  to  this 
work,  for  without  doubt  it  is  l^asic  to  the  life  and  growth  of  our  Church  in 
these  lands. 

THE  BOARD  OF  CONTROL. 

Tlie  Board  is  composed  of  nine  members  elected  by  the  General  Confer- 
ence, five  of  whom  are  laymen  and  four  ministers  together  with  the  editors  of 
the  Sunday-school  literature,  the  editor  of  the  \\'atchword,  and  tlie  general 
publishing  agent.     The  Bishops  are  ex  officio  members. 

The  laymen  are  Prof.  H.  M.  Ambrose,  A.Af.,  Meriden,  Kansas:  Col. 
Robert  Cowden.  Lit.D..  Dayton.  Ohio;  Prof.  M.  A.  Tlonline,  Lit.D.,  Dayton, 
Ohio;  H.  C.  Cridland.  Little  Rock,  Arkansas:  the  four  ministers  are  Rev.  W .  G. 
Fulton,  Beaver  Falls.  Pennsylvania:  Rev.'T.  G.  Uul)cr,  D.D.,  Davton,  Ohio; 
Rev.  J.  E.  Shannon.  D.D.,  Marion,  Indiana:  Rev.  S.  C.  Enck.  D.D.,  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  ' 

Four  sessions  of  the  Board  were  held  dnritig  the  Quadrennium.  We  are 
grateful  for  the  work  done  and  the  loyalty  shown  l)y  the  members  of  the  Board 
toward  the  great  interests  which  they  represent. 

THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 
The  regular  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  on  Sunday-school  and 
Brotherhoo^d  work  who  served  durint:  the  (juadrennium  are  Rev.  W.  O. 
Fries,  D.D.,  Col.  Robert  Cowden.  Lit.D..  Prof.  M.  A.  Tlonline.  Lit.D..  Prof. 
W.  A.  Weber,  D.D..  and  Mr.  H.  C.  Cridland.  Mr.  Ira  S.  Richmond  served  as 
advisory  member.  These  are  all  .Sunday-school  leaders  ;ind  are  a  strong  arm 
to  the  Secretary  in  his  work.  » 

COLONEL  ROBERT  COWDEN. 

We  are  glad  to. note  that  General  .Secretary  Ivmeritus,  Col.  Robert  Cowden 
has   been    witJi    us    throughout    the    quadrennium.     God    has    lieen    wonderfully 

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good  in  giving  to  tlie  Church  and  society  one  whose  life  lias  l)een  so  full  of 
blessing  and  enrichment.  Col.  Cowden  has  lived  to  see  the  work  of  the  Sunday 
school  in  vvhicli  he  spent  the  best  years  of  his  life,  grow  and  reach  some  of  the 
ideals  which  he  set  forth  even  in  advance  of  iiis  day.  Surelj'  his  e.Kample  and 
devotion  to  tiie  work  are  worthy  our  emulation. 

OUR  OFFICE  FORCE 

One  stenographer  is  enrployed  regularly  in  the  oftice.  Our  office  work  has 
so  increased  during  the  past  year  that  much  of  the  time  additional  help  was 
necessary.  Too  much  of  the  detail  clerical  work  is  left  to  the  General  Secre- 
tary and  Elementary  Superintendent.  Suflicient  help  must  be  provided  in  the 
future. 

OUR  STANDARDS  OF  EFFICIENCY. 

In  all  of  our  work  we  aim  to  ha\e  the  I)cst  possible  standards  of  efliciency. 

We  have  a  Standard  for  the  Main  School  and  one  for  each  of  the  different 
divisions  and  departments  all  of  which  have  been  carefully  worked  out  jointly 
by  the  denominations  in  the  Sunday-school  Council  of  Evangelical  Denomi- 
nations and  we  aim  to  adapt  these  Standards  to  our  own  denominational  needs. 

The  following  is  a  brief  outline  of  the  Aims,  Aleans  and  Tests  of  our  own 
denominational  standard.  Also  the  Standard  Departinental  age  groups  used 
bv  all  denominations. 


Aims. 
1. 


3. 
Means 
1. 
2 
3^ 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 


STANDARD. 

To  win  every  available  member  of  the  communitj^  to  the  Sunday  school. 
To  win  the  members  of  the  Sunday  school  to  Christ  and  the  Church. 
To  win  them  for  intelligent  and  effective  Christian  life  and  service. 


Graded  organization. 

Graded  lessons  and  graded  methods  of  instruction. 

Regular  missionary  instruction. 

Temperance  instruction. 

Sunday-school  evangelism  and  church  attendance. 

A  training  department. 

A  workers'  council  and  library. 

Children's    Day   observed   and   offering   for   the    general    Sunday-school 

Board  (at  present  it  is  applied  to  the  General  Benevolence  budget). 
Tests. 

The   efficiency    of   a    Sunday    school    is    measured    by    the    character    of    its 
product. 

The  following  tests  need  constantly  to  be  applied. 

1.  Is  the  school  making  such  increase  in  enrollment  and  average  attend- 
ance as  may  be  reasonably  expected  from  a  careful  survey  of  its 
community? 

2.  Is  the  knowledge  of  the  Bi!)le  growing? 

3.  Is  the  devotional  life  steadily  developing? 

4.  Are. the  pupils  dedicating  their  lives  to  Christ  and  the  Church? 

5.  Are  the  pupils  showing  increasing  interest  and  efficiency  in  Christian 
service? 

6.-    Is   the    school    providing   trained   leaders    for    its   own    work,    for   other 
departments  of   the   local   church  and  for  the  wider   fields   of   Christian 
service? 
A  school   will   attain  this   standard  when   it  accepts   these   aims,  uses  these 
means  and  measures  its  product  by  these  tests.     Three   hundred  and  seventy- 
two   schools   sent   for   our   Wall    Standard,   a   number   of   which    have    reached 
every  point. 


DEPARTMENTS. 

(1)  Cradle    Roll   Department — All   under  four  years. 

(2)  Beginners'  Department — 4  and  5  years. 

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(3)  Primary  Department — 6,  7  and  8  years. 

(4)  Junior  Department — 9,  10  and  11  years.  (12,  optional.) 

(5)  Intermediate  Department — (12  optional)   13  and  14  years. 

(6)  Senior  Department — 15,  16  and  17  years. 

(7)  Young  People's  Department — 18  to  24  years. 

(8)  Adult  Department — ^25  years  and  above. 

(9)  Home  or  Extension  Department — Non-attendant  members. 

(10)  Training  Department. 

WORK  FOR  CHILDREN. 
Miss  Ida  M.  Koontz,  Elementary  Superintendent. 

We  believe  that  our  department  has  made  marked  progress  during  the 
quadrennium  in  its  work  for  the  children  under  the  very  capable  leadership  of 
Miss  Ida  M.  Koontz,  our  Elementary  Superintendent.  The  Elementary  Division 
deals  with  all  the  children  under  twelve  years  of  age.  Miss  Koontz  has  aimed 
to  build  all  of  the  work  of  the  Cradle  Roll,  Beginners,  Primary  and  Junior 
Departments  around  the  child.  Her  splendid  advice  in  the  form  of  leaflets  and 
letter  has  been  sought  frequently.  We  have  urged  each  Annual  Conference  to 
appoint  or  elect  an  Elementary  Superintendent  to  work  in  cooperation  with 
our  Elementary  Department,  also  that  money  be  provided  for  the  same.  A 
number  of  conferences  have  appointed  a  worker,  with  some  good  results.  But 
this  should  be  a  universal  program  throughout  the  Church.  Close  supervision 
is  needed  by  the  Church  if  we  would  do  our  best  and  accomplish  the  most. 

Considerable  time  of  our  Elementary  Superintendent  has  been  taken  in 
editorial  work  for  our  children's  periodicals.  She  has  also  been  active  in  the 
work  of  the  Sunday-school  Council  of  Evangelical  Denominations,  serving  four 
years  consecutively  as  Secretary  of  the  Children's  Work  committee  and  one 
year  as  Chairman.  At  present  she  is  serving  on  the  committee  of  Week-Day 
Religious  Instruction  and  the  Committee  on  Missionary  Education.  She  has 
also  been  active  as  instructor  in  the  Community  Training  School  of  the  city  of 
Dayton  and  has  responded  to  calls  in  the  field  as  they  came. 

During  the  quadrennium  special  attention  was  given  to  preparing  and 
supplying  proper  printed  matter  for  elementary  workers  throughout  the  Church 
along  the  most  aggressive  and  fruitful  lines. 

Special  emphasis  has  been  given  to  Children's  Week.  This  year  the  week 
was  observed  from  April  24  to  May  1.  Better  results  have  been  shown.  Our 
plan  for  the  week  has  been  one  of  cooperation  with  other  denominations  in  the 
preparation  of  literature,  program  and  promotion  work.  Miss  Koontz  prepared 
the  leaflet  on  arrangements  which  had  a  very  wide  circulation  on  the  part  of 
the  Elementary  leaders  of  other  denominations.  We  believe  that  the  universal 
observance  of  Children's  Week  is  necessary  if  God's  little  ones  would  come 
into  their  own.  It  is  a  means  of  bringing  the  interests  and  training  of  the 
children  nearer  to  both  the  home  and  community  life  and  cannot  help  but  result 
in  untold  good. 

The  aim  of  the  Elementary  Division  is  to  set  before  our  Church  the  highest 
possible  ideals  for  the  workers  with  children  in  the  way  of  preparation,  organ- 
ization and  leadership,  with  the  object  of  turning  out  Christian  boj's  and  girls 
when  they  have  passed  through  the  Junior  department. 

Aside  from  Departmental  organization  very  little  is  done  in  class  organ- 
ization among  the  children.  This  is  permissible  only  in  the  Junior  Dejiartment. 
During  the  past  four  years  only  17  classes  with  172  pupils  reported  an  organ- 
ization and  received  certificates. 

Much  stress  is  laid  on  the  observance  of  Children's  Day  which  comes  on 
the  first  Sunday  in  June.  Last  year  the  department  prepared  a  Children's  Day 
centennial  program  entitled  "Our  Father's  World"  asking  that  it  be  used  in 
every  school.  Thirt}'^  thousand  copies  were  printed  and  offered  free.  Only  a 
little  over  seven  thousand  were  ordered,  which  was  a  great  disappointment  to  us 
for  we  feel  that  an  opportunity  for  teaching  church  loyalty  was  lost.  It  is  our 
purpose  to  urge  the  use  of  this  program  this  year.  We  believe  that  more  atten- 
tion should  be  given  to  this  important  day  from  the  standpoint  of  religious 
education.  The  only  way  to  express  our  appreciation  of  the  children  is  by 
doing  our  best  for  them  through  Ihe  Christian  agencies  provided. 

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WORK  FOR  YOUNG  PEOPLE. 
Secondary  Division. 

This  Division  of  our  work  includes  the  work  for  young  people  ranging 
from  twelve  to  twenty-four  years,  inclusive,  or  the  Adolescent  period. 
Indeed  we  are  glad  for  the  emphasis  put  on  the  work  for  children  but  more 
attention  must  be  given  to  our  young  people.  The  Standard  which  was  worked 
out  by  the  Young  People's  committee  of  the  Interdenominational  Sunday-school 
Council  of  Evangelical  Denominations  is  being  adapted  to  the  needs  of  the 
denominations  and  is  functioning  in  the  lives  of  many  of  the  young  people. 

The  years  of  adolescence  are  regarded  as  the  scope  of  our  work  in  this 
division.     The  natural  groupings  within  these  years  are  as  follows: 

Group  1 — years  12,  13,  14  (,12  optional)  Intermediates. 

Group  2 — years  15,  16,  17  Seniors. 

Group  3 — years  18-24  Young  People. 

It  is  understood  that  these  groupings  shall  in  all  cases  be  considered  flexible, 
thus  permitting  the  adjustment  of  group  organization  to  local  needs. 

THE  GENERAL  AIM. 

Here  I  use  largely  the  same  language  found  in  our  Secondary  Division 
Standard  leaflet.  Building  on  the  foundation  laid  in  previous  years  (the  ele- 
mentary departments)  the  aim  is  to  produce  through  worship,  instruction,  and 
training,  the  highest  type  of  Christian  manhood  and  womanhood,  expressing 
Itself  in  right  living  and  efficient  service. 

The  ideal  is  one  inclusive  organization  in  the  local  church  for  each  group  of 
adolescents,  the  correlation  of  all  young  people's  organizations  in  the  local 
church  in  such  a  way  that  it  be  complemental,  not  conflicting  or  competing,  with 
a  program  of  study  and  activities  that  will  develop  our  young  people  on  all 
sides  of  their  nature,  physical,  social,  mental  and  religious.  This  program  should 
include  Bible  study  and  correlated  subjects,  the  cultivation  of  the  devotional 
life,  training  for  leadership,  and  service  through  stewardship,  recreation,  com- 
munity work,  citizenship,  evangelism  and  missions. 

We  are  more  convinced  than  ever  that  the  Church  must  awaken  herself  to 
and  supply  the  needs  of  all  her  young  people  if  we  would  have  them  become 
Christian  and  build  a  Christian  society. 

We  have  urged  the  organization  of  the  classes  in  this  division.  During  the 
quadrennium,  403  classes  were  organized  with  a  total  membership  of  5403,  for 
which  we  issued  a  joint  denominational  and  International  certificate. 

We  believe  with  Mr.  John  Alexander,  Secondary  Division  Superintendent 
of  the  International  Sunday-school  Association,  that  the  organized  class  is  the 
best  form  of  organization  to  meet  the  needs  of  young  people  and  that  "The 
great  majority  of  Sunday-school  teachers  have  no  desire  to  try  any  auxiliary 
organization  in  combination  with  their  classes.  They  are  somewhat  dubiO'US 
of  the  machinery,  ritual,  etc.,  which  are  concomitants  of  these  schemes.  Again 
and  again  they  have  voiced  a  demand,  not  for  new  organizations,  but  for  activi- 
ties to  deepen  interest  in  the  organization  that  the  teacher  understands,  the  Bible 
Class."  There  is  no  reason  why  we  should  not  have  a  strong  Secondary  or 
Young  People's  Division  in  every  Sunday  school  throughout  the  denomination. 

It  is  mteresting  to  note  that  the  International  Sunday-school  Association 
has  a  strong  Young  People's  organization  with  trained  leaders.  This  organ- 
ization is  linked  up  with  every  Province,  State  and  county  on  the  Continent 
and  the  organizations  known  as  the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Congress  are  working 
wonders  in  enlisting  the  young  people  in  training  and  expression.  Two  Inter- 
national Training  schools  for  young  people  for  training  and  expression  are 
now  in  operation,  one  at  Conference  Point,  Lake  Geneva,  Wisconsin,  the  other 
at  Winnipesaukee,  Maine.  We  are  glad  that  some  of  our  own  young  people 
have  been  in  attendance  at  these  schools.  Others  should  be  encouraged  to  do  so. 

It  is  in  this  Division  between  the  ages  of  12  and  16  years  that  the  greatest 
number  of  conversions  take  place  and  between  16  and  24  most  of  life's  choices 
are  made  such  as  a  vocation,  home  making,  etc.  How  important  then  that  we 
give  our  young  people  an  organization  and  program  of  Religious  Education 
that  will  mean  their  personal  salvation  and  training  for  a  life  of  service. 

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WORK  FOR  ADULTS. 
Advanced  Dhasion. 

Here  we  deal  with  all  above  twenty-four  years  of  age.  The  Adult  move- 
ment has  had  a  marvelous  growth,  especially  in  tlie  United  States.  1  am  glad 
that  our  own  denomination  has  kept  pace  in  this  work. 

The  denominations  have  a  well  worked  out  Standard  for  this  Division, 
which  has  also  been  adopted  by  the  International  Sunday-school  Association. 
There  are  three  recognized  departments  in  this  Division  (1)  Adult  Class  Depart- 
ment which  includes  Adult  Class  Organization.  (2)  The  Home  and  Extension 
Department  (3)  The  Parents  Department.  We  have  aimed  during  the  quad- 
rennium  to  bring  the  aims,  scope,  organization,  means,  etc.,  of  this  Division 
before  our  Adult  leaders  and  workers.  We  believe  that  a  strong  adult  organ- 
ization helps  solve  the  problem  of  getting  the  children  and  young  people.  We 
believe  too  that  there  must  not  only  be  great  emphasis  put  on  the  I)uilding  up 
and  organizing  Adult  classes  but  that  there  should  be  a  Home  and  Extension 
Department  for  those  who  cannot  attend  Sunday  school.  Also  a  Parents 
Departrpent  for  the  training  of  parents  and  helping  them  in  the  nurture  of  their 
children. 

There  is  a  growing  demand  in  our  office  for  special  study  courses  for 
Adults.  We  hope  that  in  the  near  future  something  definite  may  i>e  offered. 
The  International  Lesson  committee  has  outlined  some  splendid  courses,  but 
as  a  denomination  we  have  not  yet  made  them  available. 

During  the  past  four  years  220  new  adult  classes  with  an  enrollment  of 
5052  pupils  were  reported  to  us,  to  which  we  issued  certificates.  Many  of  these 
classes  we  are  glad  to  say  are  functioning  with  a  program  of  service  (1)  In  the 
class  (2)  In  the  school  (3)  In  the  church  (4)  In  the  home  (5)  In  the  community. 

TRAINING  DEPARTMENT. 

A  marked  change  was  made  in  the  early  part  of  the  quadrennium  in  regard 
to  Teacher  Training.  A  Standard  course  was  carefully  worked  out  by  the 
Teacher  Training  section  of  the  Interdenominational  Sunday-school  Council 
and  adopted  by  about  thirty  denominations,  members  of  the  council.  Each 
denomination  was  given  the  riglit  to  select  its  own  units  and  use  its  own  imprint. 
Our  department  selected  its  units  and  decided  on  the  title  '"The  Otterbein 
Standard  Training  Course."  This  course  consists  of  120  lessons  and  aims  at  a 
more  thorough  training  of  Sunday-school  officers  and  teachers.  It  presup- 
poses that  those  who  enter  the  classes  have  a  fair  knowledge  of  the  Bible, 
hence  the  course  is  strictly  pedogogical.  Each  year  consists  of  four  units  of 
ten  lessons  each. 

The  First  Year  Units  are  as  follows:  1.  The  Pupil;  2.  The  Teacher;  3. 
How  tO'  Teach  the  Life  of  Christ;  4.  The  School. 

The  Second  Year  I.  Significance  and  Teaching  values  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment: 2.  Significance  and  Teaching  Values  of  the  New  Testament  (other  than 
the  Life  of  Christ);  3.  The  Message  of  the  Christian  Religion;  4.  How  to  Train 
the  Devotional  Life. 

The  Third  Year  consists  of  Specialization  Units  as  follows:  Beginners  and 
Primary,  Junior,  Secondary,  Adult  and  Administrative.  In  this  year  the  pupil 
chooses  one  of  the  group  of  units  covering  forty  credits,  with  a  view  to  special 
preparation  for  the  particular  field  in  the  Sunday  school  in  which  he  intends 
to  work. 

The  books  for  the  first  and  second  year  have  been  prepared  and  are  in  use 
while  the  third  year  units  are  now  in  process  of  preparation. 

When  a  pupil  completes  the  First  year  units  a  certificate  with  seal  is  issued, 
for  the  Second  year  a  seal  and  for  the  Third  year  a  diploma. 

•  We  still  offer  the  old  or  former  courses  and  give  a  special  certificate  for 
their  completion,  but  the  certi'icatc  does  not  count  as  a  credit  on  the  Otterbein 
Stan.dard  Course. 

•■  -•■,■  The  Board  two  years  ago  recommended  that  the  General  Secretary  prepare 
a.  new,  shorter  course,  part  of  the  work  was  done  Init  the  multiplicit}^  of  duties 
made  it  impossible  for  him  to  complete  it. 

,,  Our  records  show  the  following  for  the  past  four  years.  Number  of  pupils 
enrolled  in  old  courses  902.  In  Otterbein  Standard  Course  476  or  a  total  of 
1378  pupils.     Diplomas   issued   in   old   courses   under   old   plan   for   all    who   had 

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oiuolK'd  before  April-  1,  1918.  350.  Certilicates  issued  for  completing  First 
part  in  old  courses  under  old  plan  380.  Special  certilicates  issued  for  com- 
pleting old  courses  under  new  plan  182.  Certilicates  issued  with  seal  for  com- 
pleting First  year  Otterbein  Standard  Course  117.  Seals  issued  for  completion 
of  Otterbein   Standard  Course  Second  Year  4. 

This  report  does  not  include  what  was  done  tiirou.^h  the  county  and  State 
or^^anizations.  Our  Sunday-sciiool  survey  revealed  the  awful  fact  that  only 
about  one-eighth  of  our  schools  have  a  training  department  of  any  kind.  More 
than  one-half  of  these  are  not  enrolled  with  the  General  OHice. 

We  believe  that  our  Church  and  Sunday-school  leaders  must  take  the 
matter  of  otticers'  and  teachers'  preparation  more  seriously  and  must  provide 
for  a  training  department  in  each  school  to  meet  at  the  Sunday-school  hour 
the  same  as  other  departments.  Without  l^etter  trained  workers  we  cannot 
expect  to  hold  our  children  and  young  people  and  give  them  a  proper  Christian 
education  and  training. 

COMMUNITY  TRAINING  SCHOOLS. 

The  growing  spirit  of  Brotherhood  and  Denominational  cooperation  today 
is  marked  and  we  are  glad  that  in  many  places  Community  Training  Schools 
are  being  organized  and  functioning  with  good  results.  These  schools  have 
for  their  purpose  the  training  of  Sunday-school  officers  and  teachers.  We  urge 
our  own  schools  to  unite  heartily  in  this  movement.  This  will  help  solve 
the  problem  of  training  in  many  of  our  schools. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  EVANGELISM. 

We  believe  that  the  Sunday  school  is  the  greatest  evangelistic  field  and 
yet  the  sad  fact  is  that  about  sixty  percent  of  our  pupils  pass  out  of  the  Sunday- 
school  without  being  won  to  Christ  and  Church  membership. 

Our  denominational  survey  revealed  to  us  that  only  about  one-half  of  our 
Sunday  schools  observed  Decision  Day  or  gave  the  pupils  an  opportunity  to 
accept  Christ  as  their  personal  Savior.  There  are  some  facts  that  we  cannot 
get  away  from  and  which  must  be  emphasized  in  our  Evangelistic  program  in 
the  local  church,  namely,  that  Sunday-school  evangelism  is  inseparable  from 
religious  education  and  conservation;  that  the  value  of  child  conversion  cannot 
be  over  estimated;  that  the  agencies  that  enter  into  the  highest  and  best  type 
of  Sundaj'-school  evangelism  are  The  Church,  The  Home,  The  Sunday  school 
and  these  must  be  cooperative  and  that  careful  and  wise  preparation  must  be 
made  for  this  important  work. 

I  like  the  language  of  Milton  S.  Littleheld  who  says  "Evangelism  is  that 
appeal  to  the  will  which  will  lead  the  individual  consciously  to  adjust  himself 
to  the  will  of  God.  It  is  the  process  of  making  a  Christian,  and  a  Christian  is 
one  who  shares  the  purpose  of  Jesus.  The  purpose  of  Jesus  must  differ  in 
different  ages,  for  in  different  periods  of  development,  the  individual  is  a 
different  being."  In  order  to  have  the  best  results  in  evangelism,  it  should  be 
graded  with  graded  evangelistic  appeals.  There  should  be  a  dift'erent  presenta- 
tion and  approach  to  the  different  life  periods.  There  is  a  decision  period  in 
every  life  and  it  is  the  business  of  Christian  leaders  and  teachers  to  prepare 
every  child  for  that  period  and  when  he  reaches  it  lead  him  to  Christ. 

The  Ye^ar  Book  shows  that  during  the  past  four  years  there  were  added  to 
the  Church'  from  the  Sunday  school  47,160.  While  this  looks  like  a  large 
number,  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  there  are  more  than  that  many  thou- 
sand for  whom  no  definite  effort  was  made  to  reach.  This  is  to  be  regretted. 
Of  all  phases  of  Church  work  that  needs  united  prayer  and  action  it  is  that  of 
evangelism. 

But  evangelism  must  not  stop  at  conversion.  The  processes  of  education 
and  conservation  must  go  on.  One  of  the  saddest  comments  on  our  Evangel- 
istic program  is  the  woeful  lack  in  the  instruction  and  training  of  the  converts 
for  church  membership  and  Christian  living.  Careful  personal  attention  is 
needed.  There  is  entirely  too  big  a  leakage  in  our  churches.  There  are  too 
many  backsliders.  It  is  not  God's  fault  or  the  thoroughness  of  his  work  as 
God.  It  is  because  of  our  woeful  neglect  to  feed  his  lambs,  to  shepherd  his 
flock.  During  the  years  just  passed  I  have  had  many  calls  for  books  on  instruc- 
tion for  young  converts,  but  there  were  very  few  that  I  could  recommend  and 


[hty  do  not  meet  the  needs  in  an  adequate  way  and  some  are  out  of  print.  The 
church  would  do  well  to  provide  such  a  book  of  instruction  in  the  near  future. 
It  should  be  Biblical,  modern,  practical  and  meet  the  needs  of  the  convert  in 
a  constructive  helpful  and  spiritual  manner.  The  writer  chosen  should  be  one 
who  actually  knows  what  is  needed  and  knows  how  to  prepare  it. 

FREE  GRANTS  AND  EXTENSION  WORK. 

Our  records  show  that  during  the  four  years  there  were  219  grants  of  free 
literature,  whicii  represents  189  dififerent  schools,  of  which  130  reported  as  new 
schools.  The  others  were  schools  in  need  of  help  or  reorganized  schools. 
The  total  cost  to  the  Board  was  $980.78  adding  the  discount  $278.08  given  by 
the  U.  B.  Publishing  House,  makes  a  total  of  $1,258.86.  It  is  difficult  to  under- 
stand that  in  spite  of  so  many  new  schools  organized  that  there  should  be  a 
loss  each  year  in  the  total  number  of  schools. 

We  believe  that  our  largest  Sunday  schools  should  do  more  extension  work. 
That  new  schools  should  be  started  in  needy  communities  but  with  greater  care 
and  upon  a  more  permanent  basis.  Had  we  field  workers  as  a  department  we 
believe  our  work  would  be  more  satisfactory  in  this  line.  Much  depends  upon 
the  personnel  and  influence  of  those  who  begin  and  promote  the  work  in  any 
community. 

RURAL  WORK  NEEDS  EMPHASIS. 

The  United  Brethren  Church  originally  was  rural  and  has  continued  so  to 
a  large  degree.  We  are  glad  for  the  splendid  work  we  are  now  doing  in  many 
cities.  But  we  must  not  forsake  the  source  of  our  original  strength.  One- of 
the  sad  things  that  we  are  experiencing  is  the  closing  of  many  of  our  country 
churches  which  means  a  loss  in  Sunday  schools.  Many  of  our  young  men  who 
are  trained  for  the  ministry  must  be  encouraged  to  become  country  pastors. 
Indeed  we  must  aim  to  get  our  young  inen  in  the  country  to  prepare  for  rural 
leadership.  We  cannot  afiford  to  weaken  here.  Many  of  our  rural  pastors 
are  doing  splendid  work  and  are  maintaining  and  promoting  fine  Sunday  schools 
but  they  need  encouragement,  special  help  and  financial  support  if  they  would 
bring  the  work  up  to  the  highest  standard  and  maintain  a  rural  Christian 
conscience  and  carry  on  an  adequate  rural  program. 

FIELD  WORK  NEEDED. 

It  is  impossible  for  the  General  Secretary  to  do  all  the  Administrative  work 
required  and  at  the  same  time  do  extensive  and  constructive  field  work.  This 
work  is  promoted  by  a  number  of  the  leading  denominations  by  State  workers. 
In  some  cases  by  district  workers.  With  the  strength  of  our  denomination  wp 
believe  it  would  be  possible  for  a  number  of  conferences  to  combine  in  the 
employment  of  field  workers  under  the  direction  of  the  General  Department. 
If  this  is  not  done  then  there  should  be  a  very  carefully  selected  Sunday-school 
Hoard  in  each  Conference  with  ample  funds  provided  for  said  board  to  help 
promote  the  work  along  the  lines  advocated  and  presented  by  the  General 
Board.  We  must  keep  in  closer  direct  touch  with  our  schools  if  we  would 
maintain  them,  get  proper  results  ^nd  cultivate  Church  loyalty. 

NEW  PHASES  OF  WORK  UPON  US. 

With  the  tremendous  momentum  now  on  in  the  field  of  Religious  Education 
we  must  not  fall  behind  in  the  new  movements  that  are  essential  to  the  better 
instruction,  training  and  spiritual  well  being  of  our  children  and  young  people. 
We  are  told  "that  the  average  Protestant  child  has  only  24  hours  of  time  pro- 
vided annually  for  his  religious  instruction,  while  the  Jewish  child  has  335 
hours  and  the  Catholic  child  20(>  hours."' 

"More  time  on  Sunday  and  during  week  days  should  be  provided  as  rapidly 
as  curricula  and  teachers  can  be  prepared,"  already  vacation  and. week  day 
schools  of  religion  are  being  established  in  many  places  with  marked  success. 
We  boast  of  being  a  Christian  nation  and  yet  there  are  27,000,000  children  and 
young  people  in  the  United  States,  under  twenty-five  years  of  age  who  have  no 
definite    religious    instruction    of    any    kind.     United    Brethren    must    not    only 

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\  provide  a  better  Religious  Education  program,  more  time  for  the  Christian 
instruction  and  training  of  those  they  now  have  but  must  share  in  providing 
for  these  unreached  27,000,000'  children  and  young  people,  besides  the  many 
million  of  unreached  adults. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  LITERATURE. 

While  this  does  not  come  primarilj-  vvitiiin  the  province  of  our  iioard, 
nevertheless  there  is  a  close  and  vital  connection,  for  the  success  and  product 
of  Sunday-school  Work  depends  in  a  large  measure  upon  the  lesson  material 
used  as  well  as  the  personality  and  qualilication  of  the  leaders  and  instructors. 
From  time  to  time  we  have  emphasized  both  graded  lesson  material  and  graded 
instruction.  We  are  glad  that  many  of  our  schools  are  using  graded  lesions 
especially  in  the  Elementary  Division  (for  children  under  twelve  yearsj  also 
some  m  the  Secondary  or  Young  People's  Division. 

We  can  never  expect  to  turn  out  young  people  with  a  knowledge  of  the 
Bible  and  right  Christian  conduct  until  they  are  given  lessons  adapted  to  tnejr 
needs.  The  crying  need  today  is  graded  lessons  for  our  young  people  as  well 
as  the  children,  also  special  courses  for  Adults  aside  trom  the  international 
uniform  lessons. 

We  believe  that  the  editors  of  our  Sunday-school  literature  are  doing  their 
best  and  are  turnmg  out  a  splendid  type  of  lesson  material,  but  we  cannot  do 
our  best  as  a  denomination  until  we  specialize  and  supply  the  growing  demand 
that  is  now  upon  us  for  our  own  graded  lessons  for  young  people  and  special 
courses  for  adults. 

Our  editors  are  to  be  commended  for  the  high  grade  magazine,  The  Otter- 
bein  Teacher,  which  should  have  a  much  wider  circulation.  We  believe 
however,  that  more  material  should  be  furnished  by  our  own  writers  as  to  the 
use  of  Graded  Lesson  material  and  the  promotion  of  different  phases  of 
religious  education  that  are  now  demanding  the  attention  of  Sunday-school 
workers  everywhere. 

1  think  1  can  safely  say  that  the  great  majority  of  our  Sunday-school 
leaders  are  loyal  to  their  own  Church  in  the  use  of  United  Brethren  literature. 
They  are  entitled  to  the  best  along  all  lines  that  the  Church  can  produce. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  ARCHITECTURE  OR  BUILDINGS. 

Since  there  is  increasing  change  in  the  educational  processes  and  program 
of  the  Cnurch  we  discover  a  rapidly  growing  tendency'  to  meet  these  needs  in  the 
form  of  buildings  better  adapted  to  devotional,  educational,  e-xpressional  and 
social  purposes.  However,  even  in  new  buildings  we  discover  plans  designed 
by  men  who  have  little  conception  of  modern  religious  education  which  results 
in  great  disappointment.  Ample  time  and  care  should  be  taken  to  design  and 
construct  standard  Sunday-school  buildings  in  both  rural  and  city  communities 
with  a  view  to  meeting  the  needs  of  different  life  groups  as  found  in  a  modern 
graded  school  and  the  best  possible  equipment  should  be  provided  for  depart- 
ments  and  classes. 

BROTHERHOOD  WORK. 

The  department  has  continued  to  emphasize  the  work  for  men  mostlj'  in 
the  form  of  organized  classes  in  the  Sunday  school.  Where  a  Federation  of 
Men's  classes  was  desired  or  an  organization  including  all  the  men  of  the 
church,  then  we  recommended  the  Otterbein  Brotherhood  as  best  fitted  to  meet 
the  needs. 

Each  year,  the  last  Sunday  in  January  has  been  set  apart  as  I'.rotherhood 
Day.  Many  of  the  pastors  observed  the  day  with  good  results,  and  many  men 
were  hitched  up  in  a  definite  way  to  the  work  of  the  Church. 

Our  survey  showed  that  only  about  one-half  of  our  Sunday  schools  have  an 
organized  Men's  Class.  This  should  be  changed  in  the  near  future.  No  school 
however  small  should  fail  to  organize  the  men. 

Our  records  show  that  sixteen  Otterbein  Brotherhoods  were  organized  and 
received  charters  during  the  quadrennium. 

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SUNDAY  SCHOOL  CENTENNIAL. 

Our  annual  Board  Meeting  May  20-24,  1920  was  in  the  form  of  a  centennial 
celebration.  It  celebrated  the  founding  of  the  lirst  known  United  Brethren 
Sunday  school  in  1820  by  Rev.  John  G.  Pfrinimer,  near  Corydon,  Indiana.  The 
Sunday  school  is  still  active  and  is  known  as  Pfrimmers. 

Every  service  and  session  of  the  Board  was  rich  and  full,  including  the 
closing  hour  Sunday  night  the  twenty-fourth. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Battram  of  Corydon  and  Rev.  M.  I.  TuUis  of  the  Pfrimmei- 
Church  and  their  good  people  made  every  possible  arrangement  for  comfort 
and  entertainment  and  gave  all  who  attended  a  royal  welcome  and  good  time. 
Saturday  the  twenty-third  was  spent  at  the  Pfrimmer  Church  and  in  the  nearby 
grove  where  all-day  services  were  held.  In  the  forenoon  after  brief  services  a 
beautiful  bronze  tablet  was  unveiled  in  the  Church  by  two  little  great,  great 
grandsons  of  Dr.  Pfrimmer,  Masters  Marion  and  Phillip  La  Hue.  The  inscrip- 
tion on  the  tablet  is  as  follows: 


3n  (Grateful  i$lemorj> 

of 

3^eb.  SFolbn  George  pfrimmer,  MM. 
minl$ter-Pbyslclan-3urlst 

Born  In  the  uniagc  of  Bishcim,  flisace,  Trance,  3uly  24,  1762.    Came  to 
United  States  in  i78S.  and  settled  In  eastern  Pennsyluanla.    Chence  re- 
moved to  Corydon,  Tndlana,  in  i$o$.    1)e  established  the  first  United 
Brethren  Churches  in  Indiana.    Organized  the  first  United 
Brethren  Sunday  School  at  this  place  In  i$20.    Died 
September  5,  i$25. 

"He  was  a  good  man  and  full  of  the  Holy  Spirit  and  of  Faith." .  .  Acts  1 1-24. 

the  General  Sunday  School  Board  of  tbe  United  Brethren  in  Christ 
placed  this  tablet  may  20, 1920. 


There  were  also  touching  services  at  the  graves  of  both  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Pfrimmer.  Dinner  was  served  in  the  near-by  grove  followed  by  an  interesting 
program  of  addresses  and  reminiscences.  On  Sunday  the  twenty-fourth,  the 
meetings  were  held  in  a  large  tent  on  the  Fairgrounds  in  Corydon,  all  of  the 
churches  of  the  town  participating;  the  outstanding  feature  being  a  combir.ed 
Sunday-school  parade  in  the  afternoon,  all  marching  to  the  tent  in  a  i)ody.  We 
feel  that  the  four  days  spent  in  Corydon  were  days  of  rich  intellectual,  historical 
and  social  enrichment  and  that  all  who  participated  in  the  program  did 
their  best.  , 

A  beautiful  centennial  pageant  entitled  "The  Way  of  Holiness"  showing 
our  debt  to  the  past  and  future  was  prepared  for  us  by  Doctor  Mary  Alice 
Emerson  of  Boston  University.  This  pageant  cost  us  considerable  money.  It 
was  thoroughly  advertised  in  our  Church  and  Sunday-school  periodicals  but 
failed  to  receive  a  hearty  response  from  our  churches  and  schools  which 
brought  keen  disappointment  to  those  of  us  who  are  proud  of  our  denomi- 
national Sunday-school  history. 

COOPERATION  WITH  OTHER  MOVEMENTS. 

Our  department  cooperated  with  and  particii)ated  in  the  Inter-church 
World  Movement.  The  General  Secretary  served  on  the  committee  of  Spiritual 
Resources.  We  also  cooperated  heartily  in  our  own  United  P^nlistmtAit  Move- 
ment helping  to  prepare  the  way  in  different  conferences  and  serving  as  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  Spiritual  Work  and  Rvangelism.  Passing  through  the 
ex[)eriences  of  the  war  followed  by  these  big  movements  made  the  work  of  our 

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office    extremely    heavy    and    rcijuired    all    the    latent    strenytii    that    could    he 
mustered. 

INTERNATIONAL    ASSOCIATION    AND    INTERDENOMINATIONAL 
COUNCIL  REORGANIZATION. 

During^  this  (luadrennium  a  mo\'cment  has  hcen  on  foot  to  hring  ahout 
closer  cooperation  in  the  held  of  religious  education.  At  jiresent  a  plan  is  well 
under  way  and  practically  consummated  for  the  merging  of  the  Sundaj'-school 
Council  of  Evangelical  denominations,  and  the  International  Sunday-school 
Association,  which  are  the  two  outstanding  Interdenominational  Sunday-school 
agencies  of  North  America. 

The  International  Sunday-school  Association  Executive  Committee  has 
heen  reconstituted  with  hoth  denominational  and  territorial  representatives 
upon  a  fifty-fifty  liasis.  The  Sunday-school  Council  has  also  l)een  reorganized 
to  include  in  addition  to  its  former  memhership,  (who  were  all  denominational 
representatives)  the  employed  officers  of  the  International  Association  and  of 
the  associations  affiliated  with  it.  These  steps  practically  make  the  two  asso- 
ciations one  and  we  hope  they  shall  soon  function  in  a  spirit  of  fraternity  and 
Christian  unity  that  will  mean  greater  things  in  the  Sunday-school  work  of  all 
communions  and  also  receive  their  hearty  and  official  support.  We  earnestly 
urge  the  most  hearty  cooperation  of  our  own  denomination  in  this  new 
movement. 

FINANCES. 

We  are  glad  to  state  that  our  treasury  is  in  a  healthful  condition  which 
prepares  the  waj'  for  us  to  do  some  of  the  things  that  are  absolutely  necessary 
to  strengthen  and  build  up  the  work  in  all  departments. 

According  to  the  action  of  the  last  General  Conference  the  Sunday-school 
and  Brotherhood  department  were  to  receive  four  and  one-half  percent  of  the 
General  Benevolence  Budget  and  the  Children's  Day  offering.  Upon  the  launch- 
ing of  the  United  Enli'^tment  Movement  it  was  agreed  that  a  preferred  claim 
of  $12.50((  i)er  year  be  given  to  this  department  and  that  no  special  offerings  be 
taken.  This  agreement  has  been  lived  up  to  but  we  believe  that  the  plan  has 
taken  a  factor  of  educational  value  from  our  children  that  later  on  will  be  seen. 
W^e  believe  firmly  that  the  Children's  Day  offering  should  have  a  definite 
objective. 

The  Board  of  Control  at  its  annual  meeting  in  1919  gave  the  department 
authority  to  raise  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  as  a  permanent  fund  in  com- 
memoration of  the  One  Hundredth  .Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  first 
known  United  Brethren  Sunday  school,  by  Rev.  John  G.  Pfrimmer  in  1820.  near 
Corydon,  Indiana.  Plans  were  well  under  way  with  the  promise  of  success  when 
the  Board  of  Administration  put  the  amount  in  the  General  Benevolence  Budget 
with  the  understanding  that  the  Sunday-school  department  receive  twenty- 
thousand  dollars  a  year  for  two  years  as  a  centennial  fund. 

The  treasurer's  report  shows  that  only  $2,289.99  have  been  received  for  this 
frind  up  to  April  1. " 

This  means  that  we  are  disappointed  greath'  in  the  defeat  of  a  plan  that 
we  believe  would  have  been  successful. 

During  these  years  all  the  schools  were  urged  to  make  a  liberal  contri- 
bution to  our  orphanages  and  homes,  which  received  a  hearty  response. 

Each  year  the  schools  have  also  been  asked  to  make  an  offering  to  the 
Armenian  and  Syrian,  now  called  the  Xear  East  Relief  Fund.  Our  offerings  each 
time  totaled  in  round  numbers  about  forty  thousand  dollars. 

Other  interests,  lo-cal  and  general,  received  liberal  contribution  from  many 
of  our  schools  among  which  is  The  International  Sunday-school  Association. 
Our  Year  Book  shows  that  $1,032,547.57  were  collected  for  local  Sunday-school 
purposes,  during  the  (luadrennium. 

The  foregoing  shows  that  the  Sunday  school  is  a  rich  financial  source  but 
we  believe  that  it  should  be  made  more  than  a  device  to  secure  money.  That 
education  and  evangelism  should  have  the  right  of  way  and  that  ample  funds 
should  be  provided  for  the  general  department  in  the  execution  of  its  work. 

Our  office  receipts  for  the  quadreimium  are  as  follows:    $1,226.60. 

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The  Treasurer  reports  an  overdraft,  March  31,  1917,  of  $93.20;  receipts  for 
quadrennium  from  ail  sources  $48,833.94:  expenditures  $36,992.14  with  a  balance 
on  hand.  April  1,  1921,  of  $9,458.61  in  general  fund  and  $2,289.99  in  Centennial 
tund  or  a  total  of  $11,748.60. 

I  am  convinced  that  this  department  can  be  made  a  tremendous  agency  for 
the  Kmgdom  of  God  if  in  our  Educational  program  we  give  proper  place  for 
instruction  in  the  stewardship  of  wealth. 

SPIRITUAL  RESULTS. 

It  is  impossible  for  us  to  estimate  the  spiritual  results  of  our  work  of  the 
last  four  years.  We  have  aimed  to  emphasize  the  necessity  of  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  Bible  as  the  Word  of  God.  of  a  vital  relationship  with  Christ  as 
Divine  Savior  and  Lord  and  of  living  like  him  in  society.  We  believe  many 
lives  have  been  enriched.  We  appreciate  our  noble  army  of  forty  thousand 
volunteer  officers  and  teachers  and  their  splendid  pastors  who  are  giving  their 
time  in  this  rich  field  of  Christian  service.  We  only  pray  that  they  strive  to 
cultivate  a  personality  like  Jesus  the  Master  Teacher  and  give  to  him  their 
very  best;  that  they  catch  the  inspiration  of  this  new  day  when  we  are  building 
all  our  work  of  Christian  religious  education  around  the  pupil  with  a  view  to 
his  salvation,  which  calls  for  a  new  consecration  and  devotion  to  the  task. 

MUST  REGAIN  OUR  LOSSES. 

There  is  no  way  by  which  we  can  secure  complete  statistics  except  from 
our  conference  minutes  as  tabulated  in  our  Year  Book. 
The  following  are  the  reports. 

No.  of  No.  of  Officers  Total 

,^,„  Schools  and  Teachers  Enrollment 

^8  33S7  42,054  448,787 

oln  ii?.                                        ^^-^^^                                   432.445 

1920  3223  40,117                                  410149 

1921  3151 K,  39,474                                  407,657 
Ihis  makes  a  total  loss  for  the  quadrennium  of  235^^  schools.  2580  officers 

and  teachers  and  41,130  in  enrollment.  Upon  investigation  I  have  found  that 
the  manner  of  reporting  is  not  uniform  or  satisfactory.  Some  do  not  report 
schools  that  run  only  part  of  the  year.  We  need  a  plan  for  enrollment  that 
will  include  all  schools  and  all  pupils.  Then  too  many  of  our  country  churches 
are  being  closed,  which  accounts  partially  for  our  losses.  We  should  make  a 
more  vigorous  effort  to  make  these  churches  serve  their  communities  in  a 
Christian  but  modern  way  in  order  to  conserve  them  as  an  agency  for  the 
building  up  of  Christ's  Kingdom.  I  am  glad  to  say  that  recent  reports  from 
different  parts  of  the  Church  show  a  fine  increase  in  enrollment  and  renewed 
interest  along  all  lines  of  Sunday-school  work. 

Indeed,  many  small  schools  if  given  more  attention  and  proper  leadership 
could  be  enlarged.  The  only  way  to  stop  the  leakage  is  to  put  our 
time,  thought  and  energy  into  the  work  and  determine  to  reach  every  man 
woman  and  child  for  which  our  schools  are  responsible.  "Behold  I  say  unto 
you.  lift  up  your  eyes  and  look  on  the  fields,  that  they  are  white  alread'v  unto 
n3-vest. 

STATISTICAL  SUMMARY. 
Time  served  April  1,  1917  to  April  1,  1921. 

Lectures,    Addresses.    Sermons,    etc 758 

Participated  in  Group   Meetings.  Institutes  and  Schools  of 

Methods 54 

World   Convention    1 

State  Conventions  3 

State   Group   Meetings '. 5 

County  Conventions 22 

Tovvnship  Conventions   6 

Christian   Endeavor  Conventions    '5 

Annual  Conferences  Attended 33 

Evangelistic  Meetings  Held   [     4 

Number  of  Conversions    250 

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.  NEW  CLASSES  ORGANIZED. 

Elementarj'  Division   (Children  under  12  years) 17  classes  172  pupils 

Secondary  Division   (Young  People    12-24  years) 403  classes  5,403  pupils 

Adult  Division  (All  over  24  years) 220  classes  5,052  pupils 


Total 640  classes     10,627  pupils 

TRAINING  DEPARTMENT. 

I'upils  enrolled  in   Old  Courses 902 

Pupils  enrolled  in  Otterbein  Standard  Course 476 

Total ., ....1.378 


Diplomas  issued  in  Old  Courses  under  old  plan 350 

Certificates  for  complctiny  first  i)art  in  Old  Courses  under  old  plan.. 380 

Special  certificates  for  Old  Courses  under  new  plan 182 

Certificates  with  seal  for  completing  first  year  Otterhein  Course 117 

Seals  for  completing  second  year  Otterhein  Course 4 

Added  to  the  Church  from  Sunday  schools 47,160 

FREE  GRANTS  OF  LITERATURE. 

No.    free    grants    given 219 

No.  of  schools  represented •  • 189 

No.   reported  as  new   schools •  • 130 

Cost  to  the   Board $    980.78 

Discount  granted  by   Publishing  House 278.08 


Total   Cost $1,258.86 

BROTHERHOODS. 

Number   of    New    Brotherhood    Charters    issued 16 

FINANCES. 

Over-draft  at  Beginning  of  Quadrennium $  93.20 

Receipts  from  all  sources    48,833.94 

Total   expenses • 36,992.14 

Balance  on  hand  April   1,  1921  in  General  Fund 9,458.61 

In  Centennial  Fund  •  ■ •  • 2.289.99 

Total  amount  Collected  by  Local  Sunday  Schools 1,032,547.57 

PRINTED  MATTER  ISSUED. 

1917-1918 66.500 

1918-1919 70,000  pieces 

1919-1920 125,001)  pieces 

1920-1921 114,000  pieces 


pieces 


Total ...................... . .  375,500  pieces 

ENROLLMENT. 

No.  Officers  Total 

No.  Schools                  and  Teachers  Enrollment 

3,387                               42,054  448,787 

3,320                               41,230  432,445 

3,223                               40,117  410,149 

3,151  J^                           39.474  407,657 

RECOMMENDATIONS. 

In  the  light  of  the  foregoing  and  with  a  view  to  greater  efficiency  in  the 

work  of  religious  education,  we  recommend  the  favorable  consideration  of  the 
following: 

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Jan. 

1, 

1918 

Jan. 

1, 

1919 

Jan. 

1, 

1920 

Jan. 

1, 

1921 

1.  That  the  different  agencies  that  have  to  do  with  religious  education  of  the 
children  and  young  people  of  our  Church  be  so  correlated  and  coordinated 
that  overlapping  and  duplication  of  effort  be  lessened  in  their  behalf. 

2.  That  provision  be  made  for  Summer  Training  Schools  in  the  different  areas 
of  the  Church  with  a  view  to  gathering  our  young  people  for  ten  days  or 
two  weeks  for  instruction  and  preparation  for  Christian  leadership  in  local 
churches. 

3.  That  as  a  denomination  we  cooperate  most  heartily  in  the  movement  to 
provide  Week-Day  Religious  Instruction,  and  Vacation  Religious  Schools 
for  the  children,  also  Commimity  Training  Schools  for  the  purpose  of 
training  workers  for  leadership  and  teaching  in  our  churches  and  Sunday 
schools. 

4.  That  a  book  be  carefully  prepared  for  the  instruction  of  Young  Converts 
in  the  fundamental  doctrines  of  the  Bible  and  in  practical  Christian   living. 

5.  That  a  uniform  and  satisfactory  system  of  enrollment  be  provided  for  our 
Sunday  schools  with  a  view  to  correct  records  and  statistics. 

6.  That  a  special  time  be  set  apart  for  the  election  of  Sunday-school  officers 
and  that  it  be  required  that  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  newly  elected 
officers  be  sent  to  the  General  Ofiice  at  Dayton,  Ohio. 

7.  That  all  Teacher  Training  Classes  and  organized  Sunday-school  Classes  be 
urged  to  secure  diplomas  and  certificates  from  their  own  denomination  as 
agreed  to  by  the  Interdenominational  Sunday-school  Council  of  Evangelical 
Denominations  and   The   International   Sunday-school   Association. 

8.  That  our  Publishers  be  requested  to  give  more  attention  to  the  preparation 
of  Graded  Lessons  that  will  meet  the  needs  in  the  Young  People's  or 
Secondary   Division,  and  if  necessary  provide  special  courses  for  Adults. 

9.  That  provision  be  made  for  each  Conference  to  appoint  an  Elementary  and 
Secondary  worker,  whose  business  shall  be  to  keep  in  direct  touch  with  tlie 
General  office.  Also  at  least  one  field  worker  in  each  of  the  different 
Bishops'  districts. 

10.  That  specific  direction  be  given  as  to  the  Children's  Day  Offering  and  that 
as  far  as  possible  the  day  be  observed  universally  throughout  the  Church. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

CHAS.   W.    BREWBAKER, 

General   Secretary. 


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Quadrennial  Report  of  the 
Department   of 

Young  People's  Work 

OF  THE  CHURCH  OF  THE 

United  Brethren  in  Christ 


TO  THE 
Twenty-eighth  General  Conference 


Quadrennial  Report  of 

Young  Peoples'  Department 


To  the  Bishops,  General  Officers,  and  Members  of  the  Twenty-eighth  General 

Conference  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ: 
Dear  Brethren  and  Sisters: 

In  making  this,  my  second  quadrennial  report,  I  desire  first  of  all  to  record 
my  gratitude  to  the  Heavenly  Father  for  his  goodness  and  mercy  and  for  the 
heart-cheering  victories  he  has  given  our  beloved  Zion  during  the  past  quad- 
rennium.  1  wish  to  sincerely  thank  my  colaborers  for  their  kindness  and 
cooperation  in  the  work. 

The  Young  People's  Department  is  correlated  with  the  Sunday-school  and 
Brotherhood  Department  under  the  direction  of  the  lioard  of  Control,  elected 
Ijy  the  General  Conference.  At  tlie  first  meeting  of  the  IJoard  this  quadrennium, 
held  at  Wichita.  Kansas,  May  19,  1917,  the  following  executive  committee  was 
elected  for  the  Young  People's  Department:  J.  G.  Huber,  H.  F.  Shupe,  J.  \V. 
Owen,  A.  R.  Clippinger  and  J.  1>.  Showers.  The  committee  continued  through- 
out the  quadrennium  and  has  given  splendid  assistance  to  the  work  of  the 
department.  This  help  given  the  department  has  been  rendered  in  spite  of 
other  taxing  responsil)ilities  in  connection  with  the  United  Enlistment  Move- 
ment. Three  out  of  live  of  the  members  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Young  People's  Department,  namely,  A.  R.  Clippinger,  IT.  F.  Shupe,  J,  B. 
Showers,  are  on  the  Campaign  Committee  of  the  United  Enlistment  Movement. 
This  Movement  called  for  much  of  their  time  and  it  was  often  difficult  to  have 
a  ineetin^  of  our  committee  when  desired. 

MEETINGS  FOR  COUNSEL. 

Seeing  the  need  of  some  plan  which  calls  into  counsel  the  leading  officials 
of  the  conference  Christian  Endeavor  unions,  because  they  principally  execute 
the  plans  worked  out.  Christian  Endeavor  conferences,  with  at  least  one  or  two 
representatives  of  the  different  conferences  in  the  Bishops'  districts,  were  held, 
during  the  last  two  years  of  the  (piadrennium,  at  Kansas  Cit}',  Missouri, 
Indianapolis,  Indiana,  Columbus.  Ohio,  and  Harrisburg,  I'ennsylvania.  These 
conferences  did  much  to  unify  our  work  and  give  to  the  conference  union 
workers   a   clearer   understanding  of   the   denominational   jirogram. 

,  CONFERENCE  CHRISTIAN  ENDEAVOR  UNIONS. 

Every  conference  in  the  denomination,  outside  of  our  foreign  mission  fields, 
has  their  Young  People's  Societies  organized  for  work.  .About  four  thousand 
young  people  are  gathered  together  in  conventions  held  by  these  conference 
organizations  each  summer.  As  many  as  three  hundred  life  service  decisions 
were  made  during  a  convention  season.  The  conference  union  organizations 
with  their  conventions,  constitute  one  of  the  greatest  assets  of  our  denomination. 
This  General  Conference  should  seriously  consider  how  it  may  strengthen  these 
organizations  and  increase  their  usefulness.  Too  high  a  tribute  can  hardly  l>e 
paid  them  for  their  magnificent  work. 

ANNUAL  CONFERENCE  LEADERSHIP. 

The  Young  People's  Department  has  been  able  to  luit  across  its  program 
because  the  conference  organizations  have  been  working  hand  in  hand  with  it. 
Without  these  organizations  the  Young  People's  Department  would  be  seriously 

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handicapped.  These  conference  organizations  have  heen  the  bulwark  of  our 
Young  I'eople's  Work  for  thirty-one  years. 

They  give  the  denomination  its  strongest  agency  for  denominational  direc- 
tion of  its  Young  i'eo))le's  Work.  Other  denominations  are  earnestly  seeking 
to  promote  denominational  direction  of  their  Young  People's  Work,  because 
they  lind  that  if  thej-  do  not,  their  young  people  turn  to  other  leadersiiip  and 
they  lose  a  great  opportunity  to  have  a  share  in  their  training.  The  pendulum 
is  swinging  toward  denominational  oversight  of  the  religious  training  of  yontli. 
Many  churches  are  awakening  to  this  need.  I  quote  from  a  recent  letter  from 
Dan  Brummitt,  editor  of  the  Epworth  Herald  and  a  leader  among  Methodist 
young  people; 

"We  are  more  than  ever  convinced  of  the  value  of  denominational  work. 
The  one  instance  that  we  can  j)lace  nearly  ten  millions  of  Centenary  sul)scrip- 
tions  to  the  Young  i'eople's  Societies  is  i>art  of  an  accumulative  mass  of 
favorable  evidence.  Another,  this  paper  secured  40.(X)0  signatures  to  the 
Tithing  Covenant  from  our  members  in  one  daj\  (after  weeks  of  pul)licit3', 
propaganda  and  other  preparation).  This  sort  of  thing  can  be  done  only  when 
there  is  unity  of  program  in  all  the  local  societies,  and  a  united  etifort  to  a 
single  objective." 

I  also  quote  from  a  letter  from  Kev.  Ralph  Hall,  superintendent  of  Young 
People's  Work  of  the  Presbyterian  Church; 

"We  issue  literature  magnif3'ing  the  denominational  program  and  emphasize 
the  work  in  a  large  number  of  Institutes  and  Summer  Conferences.'' 

The  distinctiveness  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  organization  is  what  gives  it 
vitalit}'.  For  the  lirst  time  in  the  history  of  our  Young  People's  Work  evary 
United  Brethren  conference  outside  of  the  foreign  fields  haye  a  Young  People's 
organization  of  more  or  less  efficiency. 

\\'hen  the  Biennial  Conventions  ceased  and  the  Board  of  Co-ntrol  took 
over  the  Young  People's  Work  it  was  with  the  distinct  understanding  that  the 
conference  organizations  be  strengthened  and  that  in  lieu  of  giving  up  I)icnnial 
conventions,  conference  conventions  be  reinforced. 

The  conference  organizations  made  it  possil)le  for  the  Young  People's 
Department  to  put  across  the  program  which  you  outlined  for  it. 

QUADRENNIAL  VICTORIES. 

The  last  General  Conference  set  six  great  goals  for  our  young  people. 
These  goals  were;  Seven  thousand  Comrades  of  the  Quiet  Hour;  5000  Tithers; 
500  Life  Work  Recruits;  Students  in  Personal  Eiticiency  in  every  society;  25 
percent  net  increase'in  societies. and  membership:  and  cooperation  in  vitalizing 
the  local  church. 

The  lirst  four  goals  named  were  fully  realized.  Alany  leaders  think  our 
C  hristian  Endeavor  organizations  .greatly  assisted  in  realizing  the  good  results 
attending  the  United  Enlistment  Movement.  Xo  doubt  nearly  one-half  of 
United  I'rethren  tithers  are  found  among  our  Endeavorers. 

Our  goal  for  Life  Work  Recruits  has  been  realized  three  times  over.  As  a 
result  we  have  nt)w  in  our  schools  of  learning  the  largest  number  of  young  men 
and  young  women  looking  to  special  Christian  service  we  have  had  in  the 
history  of  the  Church. 

We  have  enrolled  3220  Students  in  Personal  El'licieiicy  and  sent  over  15,000 
seals,  indicating  that  many  books  read. 

A  decided  advance  has  I)een  made  in  tlie  direction  of  conference  field  work. 
Seven  or  eight  conferences  are  planning  work  of  this  nature.  Southeast  Ohio 
takes  the  lead  in  this  line,  having  a  fieldWorker  in  the  person  of  Rev.  E.  E. 
Harris,  an  Otterbein  student,  who  ,gives  his  week-ends  and  vacation  periods  to 
visit  churches  in  the  interest  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

Most  conference  luiions  now  have  the  conference  divided  into  districts  and 
are  develoi)ing  strong  organizations  l)y  securing  elticient  district  leadersiiip. 
Our  Christian  iMideavor  conventions  have  taken  on  added  interest  thrc><igh  new 
methods  emi)loyed  to  make  them  interesting  and  helpful.  Some  of  them  are 
held  out  of  doors,  recreational  features  added,  and  the  time  lengthened  for  tlie 
duration  of  the  convention.  Institute  work,  with  attractive  inspirational 
features,  is  l)eing  magnified  as  never  before, 


NUMERICAL  GROWTH. 

Our  societies  liave  sustained  a  loss  in  membership  dnrins;  tlic  quadrenninm. 
It  was  impossible,  during  the  war  period,  to  hold  the  extraordinary  gains  of  the 
previous  quadrennium.  But  were  we  in  a  position  to  give  an  up-to-date  report, 
I)ased  on  the  gains  of  the  last  six  months,  since  the  rcmarkal)le  revivals  through- 
out the  Church,  we  could  give  a  very  dilTcrent  account  of  the  work.  We  have 
received  reports  of  more  new  C^hristian  ICndeavor  societies  since  January  first 
(lian  during  any  other  period  of  equal  length  since  I  have  had  connection  with 
this  work. 

Christian  b'ndeavor  flourishes  on  revivals.  During  the  most  of  the  quad- 
rennium when  revivals  were  few.  new  societies  were  hard  to  organize.  If  the 
revival  spirit  dies  out  of  the  Church,  Christian  Endeavor  societies  will  die.  Not 
only  so.  but  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  the  enlisting  of  the  young  men  in  the 
army  worked  great  hardship  on  our  Christian  Endeavor  societies.  This  ,is 
especially  true  since  so  many  of  the  young  men  ujion  returning  from  the  war. 
did  not  enter  again  into  church  work. 

We  now  have  1519^4  Senior  societies  with  a  mcni1)crsliii)  of  63,329.  Wc 
have  770  Junior  and  Intermediate  societies  with  a  memlicrship  of  29,959.  This 
gives  a  total  of  2289  societies  and  89,288  members. 

EXPENSE. 

The  Treasurer  will  give  figures  in  detail  slmwing  the  expense  of  the  dei)art- 
ment  so  T  shall  only  indicate  a  few  items. 

The  first  year  of  the  ciuadrennium  it  cost  $4,284.20'  to  carry  the  work.  The 
second  year  the  expense  was  higher,  being  $.S, 350,12.  The  third  year.  $4,820.40 
was  the  amount  and  the  fourth  year  it  cost  $5,229.62.  This  shows  an  aggregate 
of  $19,684.34  spent  during  the  four  vears.  The  average  yearly  expense  was 
$4,921.08.     We  have  a  balance  of  $4,054.92  to  our  credit. 

During  the  campaigns  of  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  the  general 
secretary  gave  much  time  to  the  promotion  of  Christian  Stewardship  and  other 
phases  of  United  Enlistment  Movement  work.  Much  of  the  expense  of  this 
work  was  borne  by  the  Young  People's  Department,  Christian  Stewardship 
being  a  feature  of  Christian  Endeavor  work. 

The  department  has  l)ecn  maintained  on  a  basis  of  most  rigid  economy. 
During  the  first  half  of  the  fiuadrennium  the  department  labored  under  the 
burden  of  a  deficit  which  reached  $806.86  in  1918  and  was  reduced  to  $525.66  in 
1919.  .Ml  the  balance  shown  was  accumulated  during  the  last  two  years. 
Indeed  the  department  was  in  a  state  of  uncertainty  as  to  its  financial  condition 
up  to  a  few  months  liefore  the  books  closed  for  the  quadrennium.  This  condi- 
tion made  it  impossible  to  launch  the  aggressive  program  which  w-as  made 
possible  by  the  United  Enlistment  Movement.  The  United  Enlistment  Move- 
ment has  furnished  the  department  with  $5.866. .38  the  past  year.  In  addition  to 
this  we  received  $2,149.93  from  the  Inidget.  making  a  total  income  of  $8,016.51. 
Our  budget  collections  for  the  year  closing  March  31.  1918  were  $2,255.07. 
These  figures  clearly  show  the  lift  that  came  to  our  department  from  the  United 
Enlistnv?nt  Movement. 

SPECIAL  OFFERINGS. 

During  tiie  (|nailreniiiuni  the  department  lia<  had  two  special  offerings. 
The  first  was  the  .\nniversary  Offering  of  1918  which  amounted  to  about 
$1,700.  The  second  was  a  share  of  the  Self-denial  offering  in  1919  which 
amounted  to  $2,000.  Up  to  the  time  of  the  United  b'nlistment  Movement  the 
income  of  the  department  was  so  inadequate  that  the  office  was  haiidicapi)ed  by 
not  having  the  full  time  of  a  stenographer.  The  work  was  therefore  greatly 
hampered. 

ACTIVITIES. 

The  activities  of  the  department  arc.  liroadly  speaking,  of  two  kinds; 
namely,  field  and  office. 


OFFICE  WORK. 

'The  office  work  of  the  department  has  grown  during  the  quadrennium.  The 
following  literature  has  been  created  and  supplied,  with  two  exceptions,  free 
to  the  societies: 

1.  Five  thousand  copies  of  a  M  page  hook — "Enlisting  Our  Young  People." 

2.  Sixteen   page  leatlet  entitled  "Conversations   About   Christian    Endeavor." 
^.     Report  blanks  and  etiiciency  sheets  for  the  societies. 

4.  Students  in  Personal  Etiiciency  leaflets. 

5.  Two  hundred  and  lifty  thousand  copies  of  a  booklet  entitled  '"Gertrude's 
Vision"  a  booklet  used  during  the  Reconstruction  campaign  which  fol- 
lowed the  close  of  the  war. 

6.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  copies  of  a  short  parable  entitled  "The 
Prodigal  Church." 

7.  Students  in   Personal  Efficiency  certificates. 

8.  Leaflets  and  certificates  for  Junior  and  Intermediate  supplemental  course 
of  study. 

9.  Decision  cards  of  different  kinds. 

10.  Quiet  Hour  leaflets. 

11.  StewardsJiip  leaflets. 

12.  A  leaflet  entitled  '"A  Word  Al)out  Life  Service." 

13.  Leaflets  on  Junior  Work. 

14.  Leaflets  on  Intermediate  Work. 

15.  Ten  thousand  copies  of  a  booklet  of  28  pages  entitled  "The  Church  Caring 
for  Her  Young'  People"  used  in  the  recent  campaign  of  the  department 
centering  about  Young  People's  Day,  May  L 

In  addition  to  the  above  literature  other  leaflets  have  been  reproduced; 
many  articles  written  for  the  church  papers;  thousands  of  letters  sent  out;  multi- 
tudes of  inquiries  answered;  large  quantities  of  free  literature  sent  out  upon 
request;  and  in  other  ways  the  department  has  tried  to  serve  the  Church. 

For  the  past  year  and  a  half  Aliss  Louise  Hofacker.  office  assistant,  has 
given  efficient  full  time  service  to  the  department.  The  office  is  now  in  a  position 
to  render  real  service  to  the  Church.  I'or  seven  years  I  have  tried  to  serve  as 
general  secretary  of  this  department  but  it  is  only  during  the  last  year  that  the 
department  has  been  in  position  to  adequate!}-  do  the  work  it  was  expected  to 
do.  During  the  first  part  of  the  quadrennium  the  support  of  the  department 
was  so  uncertain  that  it  was  difVicult  to  decide  the  kind  of  policy  to  pursue. 

FIELD  WORK. 

Much  of  the  time  of  the  General  Secretary  has  been  spent  in  the  field 
visiting  conventions,  conducting  rallies,  and  promoting  the  Four  Year  Program 
and  the  United  Enlistment  Movement.  During  the  past  year  for  example,  the 
secretary  was  in  sixteen  conventions  in  the  five  liishops'  districts,  in  seven 
annual  conference  sessions,  toured  four  conferences  doing  institute  work,  and 
gave  time  and  effort  to  promoting  the  United  Enlistment  work. 

Also  during  the  past  year  the  general  secretary  put  himself  into  the  evangel- 
istic campaign  giving  four  weeks  of  his  time  to  three  different  churches.  During 
these  weeks  the  secretary  witnessed  the  conversion  of  about  two  hundred  souls. 

UNITED  ENLISTMENT  MOVEMENT. 

During  the  quadrennium  we  have  gi\  en  much  time  and  energy  to  promot- 
ing the  Four  Year  J^rogram  and  the  United  Enlistment  Movement.  This 
movement  was  of  such  commanding  importance  as  to  challenge  tlie  united 
efforts  of  all  the  departments  and  also  made  it  unadvisable  for  any  one  depart- 
ment to  promote  a  vigorous  separated  program.  A  considerable  amount  of  the 
resources  of  the  department  have  l)een  invested  in  the  general  work  of  the 
Church,  in  field  work  and  service  at  the  office.  We  feel,  however,  that  the 
returns  to  the  Church  and  to  the  department  fully  justified  all  the  effort  and 
expense.  j 

JUNIOR  AND  INTERMEDIATE  WORK. 

Our  Junior  and  Intermediate  societies  are  in  a  ])rosperous  condition. 
During   thr   (luadreiinium,   the   number   of   societies   has   risen    from   706  to   770. 


There  has  heen  a  sniall  loss  in  meinher.ship  hut  the  ^aiii  in  societies  in  the>e 
strenuous  times  is  anijile  evidence  of  tlie  Ke'ii^ral  favDP  in  wliirli  tliis  work  is 
iield  and  the  prosperitj-  enjoyed. 

There  ought  to  tie  a  tremendous  awalvening  to  tlie  importance  of  training 
our  boys  and  girls  for  Christ  and  the  Churcii.  During  the  (luadrennium  the 
general  secretary  has  had  the  responsibility  for  the  Junior  work  with  the 
assistance  of  Mrs.  Deever.  A  wonderful  opportunity  is  open  in  this  field. 
Some  plan  should  be  devised  by  which  additional  help  could  be  found  for 
junior  and   Intermediate  work. 

The  Juniors  are  responding  heartily  to  the  plan  of  cooperation  with  the 
W  omen's  Missionary  .Association.  The  plan  for  Supplemental  work  is  meeting 
with  increasing  favor.  Quite  a  considerable  sum  is  being  gathered  each  year 
tlirough  the  missionary  offerings  of  the  children  for  work  among  boys  and 
girls  in  our  mission  lields. 

Probably-  the  greatest  need  for  emphasis  is  on  the  Intermediate  work.  The 
adole.scent  period  is  so  important  and  so  difficult  that  the  Church  should 
redoul)le  her  efforts  in  meeting  her  responsibility  toward  the  boys  and  girls 
of  this  age. 

PROPOSED  COMBINATION  OF  DEPARTMENTS. 

The  General  Conference  will  need  to  consider  carefully  the  proposed 
combination  of  the  Sunday-school  and  Hrotherhood  Department  with  the 
department  of  Young  People'^  Work,  for  thirty-one  years  our  Young  People's 
Work  has  had  a  separate  identity.  Tiiese  thirtj-one  years  are  replete  with 
heroic  achievements. 

After  seven  years  of  close  study  of  the  cpiestion  1  am  convinced  that  a 
combination  of  departments  will  result  in  loss.  .\s  far  as  I  can  learn,  generally 
si)eaking.  there  are  two  reasons  given  why  the  comliination   .should  take  place. 

ECONOMY. 

The  first  reason  is  the  consideration  of  economy.  I  do  not  consider  this 
the  most  important  reason  and  shall  not  deal  with  it  at  length.  If  you  think 
best  to  retrench  in  the  matter  of  expense,  then  I  have  this  word  of  warning: 
Xo  head  of  any  other  department  should  undertake  the  details  of  the  work  of 
this  department  because  other  secretaries  are  loaded  lieyond  their  limit  and 
some  have  assistants.  My  best  judgment  is  that  a  committee  composed  of 
those  who  understand  and  have  e.xpert  knowledge  of  Christian  Endeavor,  can 
give  better  direction  to  it  than  a  secretary  whose  hands,  head,  and  heart  are 
absorbed  in  another  line  of  work.  In  this  connection  I  wish  to  repeat  a  recom- 
mendation of  four  years  ago:  If  exacting  economy  is  necessarj',  then  let  us  go 
i)ack  to  voluntar\',  unpaid  service  for  our  Young  People's  Work.  For  all  the 
years  of  its  history.  Endeavor  entluisiasts  have  sat  up  nights  to  give  this  work 
gratuitous  service  and  they  can  continue  to  do  so,  if  necessary.  While  I 
firmly  believe  loss  will  follow  such  a  course,  I  am  convinced  this  would  not  be 
so  great  as  the  loss  that  would  come  if  the  Young  People's  Department  was 
tucked  in  under  the  wing  of  some  more  pretentious  sister  department. 

It  is  physically  and  i)sychologically  impossible  for  one  person  to  do  all 
the  work' that  ought  to  be  done  for  this  department  and  at  the  sanu-  time  do 
the  work  that  ought  to  l)e  done  for  some  other  department. 

We  should  remember  also  that  the  psychological  efTect  of  combination 
might  seriously  dishearten  many  of  our  young  people  and  thus  inflict  hardship 
and  injury  upon  the  work. 

I  wish  also  to  suggest  that  the  General  Conference  sound  out  no  note  of 
discouragement.  It  is  easy  enough  to  get  in  a  pessimistic  strain.  There  are 
no  reasons  for  any  such  attitude.  Generally  speaking,  our  Young  People's 
Work  is  in  the  best  condition  it  has  ever  been.  It  is  true  there  has  been  a 
slump  during  the  last  two  or  three  years  but  certainly  a  policy  for  the  future 
should  not  be  built  on  data  gathered  from  al)normal  times  like  these,  but 
should  be  built  on  the  entire  history  of  a  movement.  It  is  so  easy  to  become 
impatient  for  a  harvest  for  which  we  do  not  take  time  to  sow  seed.  We  find 
it  also  difficult  to  fully  appreciate  bur  training  agencies.  Those  who  bear 
fruitage  in  the  silent,  unseen,  inconspicuous  forces  that  build  character  are  often 


depreciated   by    those   who   in    more   spectacular   ways   gather   large   numher   of 
persons  into  the  Church.     Let  us  be  willing  to  wait  tor  results. 

The  second  reason  given  for  the  combination  is  that  it  will  unify  unr  work 
of  instruction  and  training. 

DISTINCT  ORGANIZATIONS. 

The  Sunday  school  and  Christian  Endeavor  are  two  organizations  distinct 
and  diflfercnt.  1  do  not  believe  the  l)cst  result  will  be  attained  l>y  placing  them 
under  the  fostering  care  of  one  single  department  whose  interests  arc  divided 
and  which  cannot  give  enthusiastic  support  to  several  organizations. 

It  is  verj-  evident  that  we  need  unitj'  and  correlation  in  our  work  but  the 
unity  needed  is  not  the  unity  of  concentrated  authority  but  the  unity  of  under- 
standing and  mutual  concern.  If  our  denomination  is  to  undertake  to  secure 
unity  bj-  centering  authority  in  one  person  or  one  agency,  we  arc  in  danger  of 
securing  unity  at  the  expense  of  efficiency. 

It  has  been  suggested  that  there  be  several  additional  secretaries  elected 
by  the  Board  so  the  work  could  be  ade<iuately  carried  forward.  When  the 
General  Conference  delegates  to  a  Board  the  right  to  select  and  hire  secretaries 
you  have  entered  upon  a  course  that  may  lead  to  unexpected  results  in  the  future. 
Boards,  as  a  rule,  meet  once  a  year.  This  places  the  matter  nK>stly  in  llic 
hands  of  an  executive  secretary  and  the   executive   committee. 

RECOMMENDATIONS. 
The  Coming  Quadrennium. 

The  coming  quadrennium  should  be  distinctly  a  quadrennium  for  Christian 
training.  The  Church  should  l)c  led  to  recognize  the  inadeciuacy  and  thus 
.  ineflfectiveness  of  her  program  for  the  instruction  and  training  of  our  children 
and  young  people.  They  have  been  woefull)'  neglected.  This  condition  is 
true  of  all  Protestant  denominations  but  it  is  especially  true  of  ours.  The  time 
is  apparently  ripe  for  a  strong,  aggressive  advance.  This  will  require  a  rein- 
forcement of  our  instructional  and  training  agencies  and  the  working  out  of  a 
strong,  symmetrical  program  for  the  individual  churcii.  Unless  this  is  done,  the 
growth  of  the  denomination   is  like!}'  to  be   seriously   retarded. 

Wc  urge  the  formulation  of  a  challenging  quadrennial  campaign  to  be 
known  as  "Christian  Endeavor  Foursquare."  This  plan  will  harmonize  with  a 
proposed  campaign  to  be  undertaken  by  the  Endeavorcrs  of  .the  World,  and  will 
casil}-  lend  itself  to  a  j'Car  by  j'car  campaign  during  the  quadrennium.  Emphasis 
should  be  placed  on  the  four  divisions  of  Christian  Endeavor  which  are  the 
Junior,  Intermediate.  Senior  and  Alumni.  There  are  four  great  Christian 
Endeavor  principles,  namely,  confession,  service,  loyalty  to  the  Church  and 
fellowship  which  need  emphasizing.  There  are  four  spheres  of  action  which 
are  the  Home,  the  Church,  the  Community  and  the  World.  Prayer  service, 
fellowship  and  stewardship  constitute  four  great  methods.  These  diti'ercnt 
|)hases  of  the  work  can  be  stressed  during  different  years  of  the  quadrennium. 
Suitable  goals  should  be  fixed  which  will  call  for  heroic  achievement  on  the 
part  of  our  young  people.  We  can  only  indicate  a  few  of  the  features  which 
should  characterize  this  Foursquare  campaign. 

HOME  RELIGION. 

The  program  outlined  for  our  joung  people  should  c.ill  for  earnest  home 
religion,  including  Christian  standards  and  conduct,  family  worship,  I'iblc 
study,  a  faithful  discharge  of  Imnie  duties,  and  a  good  cxatnple  in  the  home. 

PERSONAL  STEWARDSHIP. 

More  emphasis  should  be  put  on  Personal  Stewardshi)).  (  hir  young  people 
should  be  made  to  realize  that  while  they  are  under  obligation  to  render  to 
God  a  tithe  of  their  earnings,  stewardship  also  relates  to  our  duties  to  our 
community  and  our  country  as  well  as  to  God.  Young  people  are  "Stewards 
of  the  manifold  grace  of  God."  They  are  to  do  everything  for  Him  they  can 
do.  This  should  be  the  dominant  note  of  the  program  you  outline  for  the 
young  people  during  the  c<»ming  (luadrennium. 


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STRENGTHEN  OUR  YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  WORK. 

The  General  I'oiilorciice  sliould  register  itself  as  liavjng  deep  and  abiding 
faitli  in  lliristian  Mndeavor  as  an  organization  effective  in  saving  and  training 
tlie  youth  of  the  Cluireli.  The  wlioJe  denomination  must  be  gripped  witli  a 
conviction  of  the  al)solute  necessity  of  Christian  lindeavoj  or  some  oilier  similar 
organization.  This  form  of  work  should  he  ct)nsidcred  as  an  integral  part  of 
church  life.  While  Christian  Endeavor  is  functionally  weak  in  some  places, 
it  is  organically  sound  and  is  destined  to  render  great  service  to  the  Church. 
A  "dead  in  earnest"'  effort  should  be  made  to  introduce  it  permanently  into 
every  church. 

For  over  twenty  years  1  have  earnestly  advocated  the  importance  of 
t'hristian  luuleavor  not  only  because  it  trains  and  develops — is  a  spiritual 
gynmasiuni  for  the  education  and  development  of  young  people,  but  also 
because  it  is  a  harvest  tield  where  ripened  grain  is  gathered. 

We  should  not  fail  to  recognize  the  effort  that  has  resulted  in  enrolling 
thousands  of  young  people  as  tithers  and  Comrades  of  the  Quiet  Hour:  inter- 
esting many  in  Bible  study,  missions,  church  life  and  other  phases  of  Christian 
service;  saving  to  Christ  and  to  the  church  multitudes:  helping  to  secure  the 
decisions  of  at  least  150()  Life  Work  Recruits,  a  work  that  has  helped  increase 
the  attendance  of  our  colleges:  teaching  thousands  of  individuals  how  to  conduct 
religious  meetings,  work  on  committees  and  do  eft'ectivc  work  in  church  duties; 
molding  and  beautifying  the  lives  of  young  men  and  young  women  throughout 
liie  denomination:  and  in  otlier  ways  lifting  the  youth  of  the  Church  to  a 
iiigher  plane  of  devotion  and  service. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  that  the  .Soutiiern  Presbyterian  denomination  has 
organized  near  HXJO  new  Christian  ?2ndeavor  societies  the  past  two  years. 
Dr.  Francis  E.  Clark.  World  leader  of  the  Movement,  recently  said  in  a  special 
message  to  our  United  Brethren  j^oung  people,  pul)lished  in  the  booklet  ])re- 
pared  by  the  department,  for  Young  People's  Day  the  tirst  of  the  month:  "I 
am  glad  to  tell  you  that  the  work  God  has  given  its  to  do  is  prospering  in  all 
]>arts  of  the  World,  and  so  far  as  I  know,  there  has  never  been  a  time  when 
Christian  Endeavor  was  growing  more  substantially  or  established  more 
firmly  in  all  countries  than  today."      In  another  message  he  says: 

"A  growtii  from  one  society  to  far  more  than  a  hundred  thousand,  tiiougli 
some  that  did  run  well  for  a  time  have  fallen  liy  the  way.  A  multiplication  of 
the  original  fifty-seven  members  by  more  than  300.000  until  the  number  of  our 
l)ast  and  present  comrades  reaches  eighteen  millions.  A  distril)ution  of  our 
society  from  one  little  corner  of  the  United  States,  to  every  continent  and  every 
nation  Iietween  the  two  poles.  Surely  this  is  another  miracle  of  the  loaves  and 
lishes.  This  is  a  mighty  underscoring  of  the  age-old  truth:  'Not  by  might,  nor 
l)y  power,  but  by  my  Spirit,  saith  the  Lord.'  " 

The  Church  has  so  woefully  neglected  its  children  and  young  peoi)Ie  tiint 
nothing  should  be  done  to  discourage  any  agency  doing  the  neglected  work. 
Instead  let  us  find  additional  agencies  if  possible.  The  Endeavorers  of  the 
Cliurch  will  gladly  welcome  any  reinforcement  however  it  may  come,  no  matter 
liow  named  or  directed  when  the\-  are  thoroughly  convinced  it  is  a  help  and 
not  a  hindrance. 

Let  us  redouble  our  efforts  to  make  our  Christian  Endeavor  work  effective. 
I  have  profound  faith  in  this  form  of  training  and  believe  that  with  ])ropcr 
supporr.  and  all  working  together,  a  society  can  be  put  in  e\ery  cluirch  in  tiie 
denomination  in  a  few  years. 

A  CAMPAIGN  OF  ORGANIZATION. 

Fully  one-half  of  our  United  Brethren  Churches  do  not  have  a  single  young 
people's  organization  of  any  description,  no  Christian  Endeavor  society,  no 
Ottcrbein  Guild,  and  many  of  them  do  not  have  an  organized  young  peo])Ie's 
Sunday-school  class. 

Indeed  the  Interchurch  Survey  tells  us  the  same  story  of  other  denomi- 
nations. We  are  told  that  there  are  many  times  more  adult  organizations 
than  there  arc  for  boys  and  girls, — the  men  and  women  are  organized  but  not 
the  boys  and  girls.  What  we  need  is  more  organizations  and  not  fewer  in 
most  of  our  churches.  I  quote  here  from  Rov.  William  Ralph  Mall,  the 
superintendent  of  Young  People's  Work  of  tlie  Prcsbvtcrian  Cluirch: 


■"My  conviction  with  that  of  several  others  Is  that  the  church  leaders  have 
swung  awaj'  from  the  emphasis  of  about  live  to  seven  years  ago  when  all  were 
urging  few^er  organizations  and  combinations  to  the  position  where  we  feel 
it  absolutely  essential  to  give  more  time.  Therefore  while  we  may  not  attempt 
more  organizations  we  do  need  the  time  of  the  Sunday-school  hour  and  the 
Young  People's  Society  hour  in  addition  to  church,  and  a  good  deal  even 
liej'ond  these." 

Shall  we  not  greatly  accelerate  our  efforts  in  organizing  our  boys  and 
girls  and  young  people  for  definite  Christian  training  and  service? 

REINFORCE   OUR   INTERMEDIATE  AND  JUNIOR  WORK. 

Some  plan  for  reinforcing  our  Junior  and  Intermediate  work  should  be 
proposed  and  an  aggressive  forward  movement  launched,  designed  to  establish 
these  societies  in  every  local  church  in  the  denomination. 

In  this  connection  we  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  many  of 
our  Senior  societies  are  composed  of  Intermediates.  In  some  cases  there  are 
two  or  three  Seniors  but  the  rest  are  Intermediates.  We  strongly  urge  a  better 
grading  and  standardizing  of  our  societies  and  that  all  societies  having  a  majority 
of  "teen"  age  young  people  be  called  Intermediate  and  a  wise  superintendent 
appointed.      Roys  and  girls  up  to  eighteen  need  close  supervision  in  their  work. 

We  recommend  that  our  pastors  be  asked  to  see  that  all  our  societies  are 
graded  more  carefully  Juniors  are  children  approximately  from  seven  to 
twelve,  inclusive;  Intermediates  are  boys  and  girls  of  the  high  school  age,  from 
thirteen  to  seventeen  or  eighteen,  inclusive;  Seniors  are  young  people  from 
eighteen  and  up.  The  Sunday  school  is  paying  much  attention  to  the  grouping 
of  adolescents  and  the  above  suggested  ages  conforms,  loosely,  to  ages  proposed 
by  the  Sunday-school  workers.  All  leaders  of  work  among  children  and  young 
people  agree  that  we  can  work  far  more  effectively  if  they  are  divided  into 
groups  of  the  same  appro.ximate  age. 

We  also  recommend  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  provide  a  suitable 
Catechism  to  be  used  in  our  Junior  and  Intermediate  societies. 

ORGANIZE  OUR  BOYS. 

We  recommend  that  some  simple  plan  be  suggested  whereby  adolescent 
boys  of  the  Church  be  given  advantages  similar  to  those  afforded  by  the  Boy 
Scout  organization  but  that  this  work  be  done  in  connection  with  some  organ- 
ization of  the  Church,  or  a  special  organization  provided,  so  our  boys  can 
receive  the  benefits  of  this  kind  of  training  under  the  auspices  of  the  Church 
and  under  its  direct  control. 

LIFE  SERVICE. 
In  view  of  the  appalling  need  for  workers  throughout  the  Church  you  should 
empower  and  finance  this  department  to  put  on  a  vigorous  campaign  for  enlist- 
ing Life  Work  Recruits  throughout  the  whole  denomination.  All  pastors 
should  he  urged  to  enroll  Recruits  in  a  special  training  course  and  in  teacher 
training  work.  All  of  our  recruits  should  be  expected  to  take  up  these  two 
lines  of  study  as  they  look  forward  to 'special  collegiate  training.  There  should 
also  be  a  well  planned  campaign  to  secure  the  attendance  at  our  colleges  of 
these  Recruits. 

W^e  should  provide  some  means  for  securing  suital)le  fields  of  service  for  our 
Recruits.  Should  not  a  campaign  be  launched  to  educate  our  churches  to 
value  of  deaconess  work?  We  urge  the  formulation  of  a  plan  where])y  young 
people  may  be  enlisted  in  special  service  in  the  local  church.  .Many  of  our 
young  ijcople  will  gladly  recruit  for  special  local  rhurch  work  who  do  not  feel 
led  to  take  up  the  ministry,  missionary  or  other  vocational  church  work.  .\ 
covenant  for  this  class  of  volunteers  for  service  and  definite  suggestions  should 
be  worked  out.  j 

We  recommend  that  a  training  course  for  Christian  leaders  be  outlined, 
modeled  after  one  being  arranged  by  the  United  Society  of  C  hristian  l''ndeavor. 
Their  course  has  the  following  enrollment  pledge:  "Trusting  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  for  strength,  I  will  strive  through  study  and  training,  to  become  more  efli- 
cient  for  volunteer  Christian  service.   1  have  checked  below  the  kind  of  service  in 

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which  I  expect  to  specialize."  A  list  of  tifteen  or  twenty  kinds  of  local  church 
work  is  su}js<-*sted.  CeVtilicates  of  enrollment  are  offered  and  Honor  certiHcates 
{^ranted  when  the  work,  which  consists  of  nine  ontlined  courses,  is  completed. 

We  also  urge  that  steps  be  taken  to  make  our  Supplemental  Personal 
Efficiency  reading  course  more  effective. 

A  DIRECTOR  IN  EACH  CHURCH. 

We  recommend  that  every  pastor  lie  asked  to  appoint  a  director  of  young 
people's  work  in  everv-  local  church  where  there  is  no  young  people's  society. 
Perhaps  this  should  l>e  done  in  every  church.  This  name  to  be  reported  to 
the  conference  Cliristian  Endeavor  union  ofticers  and  to  tlio  general  secretary 
of  the  department. 

In  cases  where  the  young  people's  society  is  composed  of  "teen"  age  boys 
and  girls  and  it  does  not  seem  expedient  to  elect  a  superintendent,  a  director  or 
counselor  should  be  named  who  will  be  an  advisor  to  the  young  people  in 
their  work. 

ALUMNI  COUNCILS. 
In  keeping  with  a  movement  which  is  taking  root  in  churches  having 
Christian  Endeavor  societies  we  recommend  the  formation  of  alumni  councils 
in  all  our  churches  where  there  are  those  who  have  I)een  once  active  iiv 
Endeavor  work  l)ut  have  reached  the  place  where  they  feel  they  should  give 
place  to  younger  and  less  experienced  workers  in  directing  the  Christian 
Endeavor  society. 

THE  WATCHWORD. 

\\'e  recommend  that  the  Watchword,  which  has  served  the  Church  so  well 
for  twenty-eight  j-ears  as  a  young  people's  paper,  be  continued  as  the  official 
organ  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  movement  of  our  Church. 

COOPERATION. 

The  Young  People's  Department  should  be  requested  to  secure  the  best 
information  possible  as  to  the  most  up-to-date  plans  for  young  people's  work 
in  local  churches.  Trial  should  be  made  of  any  commendable  plan  proposed 
^vith  a  view  to  improving  our  methods  of  work. 

This  department  should  acquaint  itself  with  the  most  approved  methods  of 
Sunday-school  work  among  young  people  with  a  view  to  .further  correlating 
the  work  of  these  two  agencies.  Our  Christian  Endeavor  agencies  of  promotion 
should  give  every  possible  assistance  to  all  other  agencies  promoting  young 
people's  work. 

The  General  Conference  should  encourage  closer  cooperation  between  all 
the  organizations  of  the  Church  that  are  seeking  to  instruct  and  train  our 
young  people.  To  this  end  we  recommend:  First,  that  the  two  executive 
committees  of  the  two  departments  under  the  Board  of  Control  be  asked  to 
meet  for  counsel  at  least  once  a  quarter  and  also  that  these  departments  fre- 
quently call  into  their  councils  representatives  of  our  missionary  and  other 
agencies  that  they  maj-  be  consulted  as  to  the  best  methods  of  promoting 
training  I'n  our  Sunday  school  and  Christian  Endeavor  societies.  Second,  that 
the  conference  superintendents  be  asked  to  call  the  heads  of  dififerent  confer- 
ence organizations  together  at  least  once  a  year  for  coimsel.  Third,  that  pastors 
in  local  churches  be  asked  to  call  together  for  counsel  at  least  once  a  quarter 
responsible  leaders  of  the  organizations  of  the  Church  having  to  do  with 
instruction  and  training  of  young  people. 

FINANCIAL  SUPPORT. 

VVe  urge  that  the  general  Conference  provide  at  least  $10,000  a  year  for  the 
hnancial  support  of  this  department.  To  this  end  we  recpiest  a  renewal  of  the 
provision  made  at  your  last  gathering  for  the  Anniversary  Offerings  to  be 
taken  for  the  work  of  the  department.  No  financial  campaign  should  be 
planned  which   would  destroy   the  effect  of  this  provision. 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 

The  editors  of  our  Church  literature  have  rendered  invaluable  help  to  the 
department.  \ot  only  have  thej^  given  space  for  publicity  matter  in  the 
Telescope,  Watchword,  Sunday-school  literature  and  Evangel,  but  in  other  ways 
they  have  .>^tudied  our  problems  and  given  counsel  and  help.  The  Watchword, 
our  young  people's  paper,  has  been  especially  helpful.  The  Executive  Com- 
mittee has  given  careful  counsel  and  help  in  many  ways  and  I  am  exceedinglj^ 
grateful  to  them  for  their  assistance.  Other  Church  leaders  have  been  very 
kind  and  have  shown  a  tine  spirit  of  cooperation.  Pastors,  superintendents, 
secretaries.  Bishops  and  other  workers  have  given  me  royal  treatment,  much 
better  than  I  deserved.  Mrs.  Deever  has  supplied  Junior  helps  for  our  Church 
papers  and  in  other  ways  given  help  to  the  department.  The  Woman's  Mission- 
ary Association  has  given  splendid  assistance  in  giving  missionary  training  to 
our  Juniors. 

Most  of  all  I  wish  to  acknowledge  my  gratitude  to  the  conference  union 
officers  and  district  and  local  workers  for  their  magnificent  cooperation  in  the 
work.     The  response  to  suggestions  has  been  hearty  and  enthusiastic. 

I  am  thankful  for  the  counsel  and  help  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of 
Control.  The  Publishing  House  has  also  assisted  in  the  work  of  the  depart- 
ment in  many  ways  for  which  I  am  trulj'  grateful. 

Most  of  all  do  I  thank  the  Heavenly  Father  for  his  gracious,  patient,  loving- 
kindness  to  me  and  for  health  for  the  work  to  which  you  called  me  at  your  last 
gathering. 


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The  Church  Caring  for  Her 
Young  People 


A  National  Emergency 

"The  United  States  of  America  has  been  invaded  by  three  enemy  armies  which 
threaten  our  national  existence.  First,  there  is  within  our  borders  an  army  of  five 
and  one-half  million  illiterates  above  nine  years  of  age;  second,  there  is  an  army  of 
fifty  million  people  above  nine  years  of  age  who  are  not  identified  with  any  church — 
Jewish,  Catholic  or  Protestant;  third,  there  is  an  army  of  twenty-seven  million 
Protestant  children  and  youth,  under  twenty-five  years  of  age,  who  are  not  enrolled 
in  any  Sunday  school  or  other  institution  for  religious  training. 

If  these  three  armies  should  form  in  double  column,  three  feet  apart,  they  would 
reach  one  ^nd  one-fifth  times  around  the  globe  at  the  equator.  If  they  should 
march  in  review  before  the  President  of  the  United  States,  moving  double  column  at 
the  rate  of  twenty-five  miles  a  day,  it  would  take  the  three  armies  three  years  and 
five  months  to  pass  the  President." 

— Interchurch  World  Movement. 


YOUNG   PEOPLE'S  DEPARTMENT 

UNITED        BRETHREN        IN        CHRIST 
301   Otterbein  Press  Bldg.        -        -        DAYTON.  OHIO 


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GOD'S 


WORD 


God's  Word  Declares: 

The  ostrich  is  fooHsh  because  she  is  hardened  against  her  young    ( 

ones.     Job  39:  14-18. 
God  is  angry  because  children    follow    their  parents  in  Idolatry. 

Jeremiah  7:18. 
The  "promise"  is  to  your  children  also.     Acts  2:39. 
The  faith  of  parents  bless  the  children.     II  Timothy  1 :5. 
Parents  are  responsible.     Gen.  18:19. 
The  young  require  suitable  spiritual  food.     Prov.  30:  8,  9. 
Fathers  should  not  discourage  their  children.     Col.  3:21. 
Family  government  is  required,      I  Timothy  3:4. 
Children  have  a  right  to  play.     Zech.  8:5. 
Children  should  be  taught  the  truth  early  in  life.    II  Timothy  3:15. 


The  Purpose  of  this  Booklet 

This  booklet  has  a  two-fold  mission:  It  is  to  be  read  at  the  family  fire-, 
side  The  church  needs  to  know  what  is  being  done  and  what  needs  to  be 
done  for  our  young  people.  This  booklet  contains  intcrestmg  mformation  and 
a  burning  message.  Every  Christian  who  is  interested  m  the  extension  o[  the 
Kingdom  will  find  data  setting  forth  the  greatest  opportunity  the  church  has 
for  saving  the  lost.  The  church  can  thus  best  enlarge  itself  and  serve  the 
Kingdom.  . 

In  the  second  place,  the  booklet  contains  material  which  qan  be  used  in 
any  program  setting  forth  the  importance  of  Young  People  s  Work.  It  is 
especially  designed  to  furnish  matter  for  Young  People's  Day. 


Young  People's  Day 


The  first  Sunday  in  May  is  Young  People's  Day.  This  day  has  been 
observed  as  an  occasion  for  emphasizing  the  responsibility  for  the  training  of 
our  young  people  ever  since  the  organization  of  the  Young  People's  Work  in 
1890.  Although  the  day  is  an  anniversary  of  the  Young  People's  Christian 
Union  in  our  denomination  it  is  expected  that  every  church  will  observe  the 
day,  whether  it  is  enjoying  the  blessings  of  having  a  young  people's  society 
or  not. 

Indeed,  Young  People's  Day  is  for  the  church  rather  than  for  the  young 
people.  The  church  needs  to  be  awakened  to  its  duty  towards  youth.  This 
does  not  mean  the  young  people  should  not  participate  in  the  program.  They 
should  share  largely  in  the  programs  of  the  day.  It  dues  mean  that  the  pro- 
grams given  to  the  entire  church  arc  fur  the  ttcnefit  of  its  young  members. 
Young  people  should  share  largely  the  responsibility  of  putting  on  a  program, 
in  connection  with  the  pastor,  but  they  should  do  it  to  present  their  cause  to 
the  entire  church  which  owes  to  them  prayerful  interest  and  help.  There 
is  an  added  duty  to  observe  this  day  devolving  upon  the  church  which  is 
without  Christian  Endeavor  societies,  since  the  young  people  of  that  church 
are  without  the  religious  training  they  should  receive.  These  services  may  in 
a  way  compensate  for  that  loss  and  be  the  means  of  providing  definite 
Christian  training  along  the  lines  of  expressional  activity.  By  all  7neans 
observe  this  day. 

(For  Program  Suggestions,  see  pige  18) 


Her  Thirty-first  Birthday 


Glimpse  of  United  Brethren  Christian  Endeavor 

History 

By  H.  F.  Shupe,  Editor  of  "The  Watchword." 

Young  People's  work  in  the  United  Brethren  Church 
began  with  Otterbein,  founder  of  the  Church,  when 
14G  years  ago  he  made  provision  in  his  church  to  do 
for  the  children  and  young  people,  the  essential  things 
done  by  Christian  Endeavor. 

Passing  over  a  century,  the  first  Young  People's 
organizations  in  their  more  modern  form  were  started 
in  the  Church  about  1S71;  Young  People's  Christian 
Associations  they  were  called,  but  they  did  not  multi- 
ply to  any  extent. 

Then   came   the    Christian    Endeavor   movement   in 
18S1,    inspiring    all    denominations    to    an    increased 
Old  First  Church  interest  in  the  voung  people.     The  first  Christian  En- 

Dayton,  Ohio  ,  •    i      i      1  •       1   •      ii_      Ti    -i    J   1-.      11 

where  Y.P.c.U.  was  born      deavor  society  to  be  organized  in  the  United  Brethren 

(.  burch  was  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pennsylvania,  in  1883. 

By  1890  there  were  a  number  of  Young  People's  societies  in  the  denomi- 
nation and  a  growing  sense  of  the  Church's  responsibility  for  directing  and 
training  the  young  people  in  the  religious  life.  A  group  of  ministers  of 
Illinois  Conference  passed  a  resolution  asking  for  the  denomination  to 
organize  the  young  people,  and  this  was  soon  followed  by  a  similar  request 
from  the  Ministerial  Association  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  these  requests  being  sup- 
plemented by  the  publicly  expressed  wish  of  a  number  of  pastors. 

In  June,  1890,  a  convention  of  representatives  of  existing  societies  and  of 
pa.stors  and  laymen  met  in  the  First  United  Brethren  Church,  Dayton,  Ohio, 
and  organized  the  Young  People's  Christian  Union  for  the  denomination. 
This  organization  included  young  people's  societies  of  any  name,  thus  recog- 
nizing "Christian  Endeavor  Societies"  and  "Young  People's  Christian  Unions" 
as  on  an  equality. 

After  the  organization  of  the  Young  People's  Christian  Union,  which  in 
18^3  was  formally  constituted  a  department  of  the  Church  by  the  General 
Conference,  the  number  of  societies  grew  rapidly,  most  of  them  taking  the 
name  Young  People's  Christian  Union,  although,  most  of  the  pioneer  societies 
had  been  Christian  Endeavor  societies.  The  two  types  of  societies  did  not 
differ  much,  except  that  the  Endeavor  societies  incorporated  the  Christian 
Endeavor  pledge  and  were  linked  with  the  interdenominational  Young 
People's  movement  through  the  Christian  Endeavor  conventions.  At  the 
same  time,  all  United  Brethren  societies  were  linked  together  in  the  General 
Young  People's  Convention  ''and  the  Branch  linion  conventions  in  each 
Annual  Conference. 

The  movement  thus  organized  developed  successfully,  but  gradually  the 
advantages  of  having  all  societies  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  name  and  type 
were  recognized,  and  in  1908  at  the  General  Convention  of  United  Brethren 
societies,  after  a  vote  had  been  taken  in  the  branch  unions,  the  name  of  our 
denominational  organization  was  changed  to  Young  People's  Christian 
Endeavor  Union.  The  next  year  the  direction  of  the  young  people's  work 
was  placed  under  a  board  provided  by  the  General  Conference  and  the 
biennial  general  conventions  were  discontinued.  However,  the  annual 
conventions  of  the  Conference  Branch  Unions  were  given  increased  attention, 
and  in  all  the  history  of  our  young  people's  work  have  been  a  gt-eat  factor  in 
promoting  interest  and  efficiency. 


The  first  president  of  the  Youns  People's  T^nion  was  Dr.  J.  P. 

^^^^^^  I.aiidis,   who.  after  twelve  years  of  service,   was  succeeded   by 

iQ^^^hO        ^^'"  ■'■  ^'-  ''"'^P'"-  ^^'i"  eontiiuied  until  the  department  was  placed 

"ifey^S^r         under    the   uianagenient   of    the    Hoard    of    Sunday-school    and 

^"^imiky  Christian   Endeavor   work.     The  secretaries  of  the  movement 

^^^sf  have  been  Rev.  W.  A.  Dickson,  serving  three  years.  Dr.  H.  F". 

Shupe,  serving  in  two  periods  ten  years.  Dr.  C.  W.  Brewbaker, 

six  years,  and  Dr.  O.  T.  Deever,  eight  years. 

Early  in  the  movement.  Junior  societies  were  organized,  these  for  a 
number  of  years  being  under  the  superintendency  of  Rev.  W.  A.  Dickson  and 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Kitzmiller,  and  now  are  under  the  General  Secretary  of  Christian 
Endeavor,  as  are  the  Intermediate  societies  which  came  into  existence  some 
years  subsequent  to  the  .Junior  societies. 

The  Watchword  has  been  the  paper  of  the  Young  People's  work  since  1893, 
at  first  exclusively  for  the  Young  People's  societies,  and  for  twenty  years  for 
the  Endeavor  societies  and  Sunday  schools  jointly. 

Anniversary  Day  has  been  observed  annually  the  first  Sunday  in  May. 
For  sixteen  years  the  offerings  made  by  the  societies  on  Anniversary  Day 
were  used  in  establishing  United  Brethren  churches  in  America  and  abroad. 
Churches  in  Los  Angeles,  Chicago,  Porto  Rico,  and  Japan  were  thus  estab- 
lished. Since  the  movement  came  under  the  direction  of  a  board,  the  Anni- 
versary offerings  have  been  devoted  chiefly  to  promoting  the  Christian 
Endeavor  work,  and  much  more  attention  has  been  given  to  aiding  the  Con- 
ference Union  conventions. 

Early  in  the  work  of  the  Young  People's  Union  a  reading  course  was 
announced  from  year  to  year.  This  was  succeeded  by  the  Mission  Study 
classes,  which  some  years  enrolled  as  high  as  15,000  students.  More  recently 
the  instruction  through  reading  has  been  carried  on  under  the  Students  in 
Personal  Efficiency  feature,  in  which  readers  have  been  enrolled  and  certifi- 
cates and  seals  issued. 

Almost  from  the  first  the  Young  People's  societies  have  promoted  Christian 
stewardship,  first  under  the  superintendency  of  Rev.  S.  S.  Hough,  appointed 
in  1897.  This  was  continued  until  the  Christian  Stewardship  Department  of 
the  church  was  created  in  1909,  with  Rev.  J.  S.  Kendall  as  secretary,  who 
for  a  number  of  years,  was  the  stewardship  superintendent  of  the  Young 
People's  work.  Christian  stewardship  is  now  carried  forward  under  the 
Board  of  Control  of  the  denomination. 

The  promotion  of  the  Quiet  Hour,  and,  more  recently,  the  enlistment  of 
Uife  Work  Recruits,  have  been  features  of  the  Young  People's  work  by 
which  it  has  contributed  to  the  spiritual  life  and  leadership  of  the 
denomination. 

The  Young  People's  Christian  Endeavor  Union  now  enrolls  1519  Young 
People's  societies  and  770  Junior  and  Intermediate  societies,  a  total  of  2289. 
The  membership  of  the  Young  People's  Societies  is  63,329  and  of  the  Junior 
and  Intermediate  societies  25,959,  a  total  of  S9,2S8.  These  numbers  indicate 
an  army  of  young  people  being  trained  for  Christ  and  the  church — an  army 
which  the  United  Brethren  denomination  ought  to  highly  appreciate  and 
support.  Of  the  1500  Life  Work  Recruits,  a  large  proportion  are  members 
of  the  Endeavor  societies  and  have  been  enlisted  in  the  Christian  Endeavor 
conventions  and  rallies. 

The  Coilference  Christian  Endeavor  conventions  bring  together  annually 
about  4000  young  people  for  instruction  and  inspiration.  These  thousands 
receive  information  conceining  the  enterprises  and  institutions  of  the  United 
Brethren  Church,  thus  making  these  conventions  an  agency  of  inestimable 
value  in  the  promotion  of  the  Kingdom, 


Oldest  United  Brethren  Endeavor  Society 

These  young  people  constitute  the  members  of  the  Mt.  Pleasant. 
Pennsylvania,  Christian  Endeavor  society  which  was  the  first  to  be  organized 
in  the  denomination  and  has  had  a  continuous  existence  since  its  founding. 
The  society  was  organized  by  Emma  C.  Walter  in  1883.  The  first  president 
was  Prof.  Wm.  Ebersole.  The  groups  below  are  part  of  forty-two  members 
which  the  society  has.  The  young  men  in  the  upper  group  are  organized  into 
an  orchestra  with  the  two  young  ladies  to  assist.  The  average  attendance  of 
the  society  is  twenty-seven.  The  pastor  is  Rev.  C.  W.  Hendrickson.  The 
present  officers  are:  President,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Hyde;  Vice-president,  Miss  Kathryn 
Lear;  Recording  Secretary,  Violet  Werts;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Emily 
Mullen;   Treasurer,  Ruth  Close;   Chorister,  Arthur  Berryhill. 

The  first  General  Conference  was  held  at  the  Bonnet  school  house  at 
Mt.  Pleasant. 


The  Church's  Responsibility  and  Opportunity 

As  a  field  for  investment  none  will  bring  greater  returns  than  the  field  of 
youth.  Here  is  our  opportunity  and  responsibility.  Hitherto,  the  church 
has  had  an  inadequate  and  thus  ineffective  program  for  doing  work  for  our 
boys  and  girls  and  young  people.  Our  children  have  been  woefully  neglected. 
This  condition  exists  in  all  Protestant  denominations  but  it  is  especially  true 
in  ours.  Millions  of  children  in  Protestant  homes  are  wholly  untouched  by 
the  present  efforts  of  the  church.  Two  out  of  three  children  under  twenty- 
five  years  of  age  have  no  definite  religious  training.  Moral  bankruptcy  and 
national  decay  will  be  the  eventual  result  if  our  boys  and  girls  grow  up  in 
spiritual  illiteracy.  "The  saddest  page  in  the  history  of  the  Christian  church 
is  that  which  records  spiritual  neglect  of  childhood  in  the  home." 

The  Interchurch  World  Movement  gave  the  following  striking  exhortation: 
"If  you  would  point  to  the  weakest  spot  in  the  Protestant  Church  you  would 
put  your  finger  on  the  army  of  twenty-seven  million  children  and  youth  in 
our  own  land  who  are  growing  up  in  spiritual  illiteracy  and  sixteen  million 
other  American  children  whose  religious  instruction  is  limited  to  a  brief  half- 
hour  once  a  week,  often  sandwiched  in  between  a  delayed  preaching  service 
and  the  American  Sunday  dinner.  Let  it  be  burned  into  the  minds  of  our 
church  leaders  that  a  church  which  cannot  save  its  own  children  can  never 
save  the  world." 

The  church  has  not  kept  pace  with  worldly  organizations  in  bidding  for 
the  young  people.  In  many  cities  the  Saturday  night  attendance  at  theaters, 
dance  halls,  and  pool  rooms  is  much  greater  than  the  Sunday  attendance  at 
the  churches.  Sunday  schools  and  young  people's  societies.  If  we  persist  in 
neglecting  our  young  people  how  can  we  hope  to  save  them  to  the  Kingdom? 

The  following  striking  facts  are  given  in  Interchurch  World  Movement 
reports: 

"It  is  estimated  that  over  10,000  children  are  arrested  in  one  American  city 
during  the  year.  Observe  the  cost  of  failure  in  home  education:  The  cost 
of  one  year's  crime  is  estimated  at  not  less  than  $6,000,000,000.  Yet  only  11 
percent  of  the  crimes  reported  are  punished.  Nine-tenths  of  the  criminals 
were  normal  children.  Nine-tenths  of  the  children  brought  into  court  are 
boys.     Two-thirds  of  criminals  were  homeless,  or  worse,  in  childhood. 

"Because  of  the  tremendously  significant  period  of  youth,  special  leadership 
is  needed  for  young  people's  work.  During  the  'teen  years  habits  of  Christian 
life  and  service  are  formed  or  largely  made  impossible.  No  provision  for 
religious  education  is  complete  without  attention  to  the  groups  of  young 
people. 

"Think  of  the  boy  Jesus  in  the  midst  of  the  doctors  in  the  temple  at 
Jerusalem.      What    spiritual     insight!      Suppose    the    spiritual     leaders     at 


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Age  of  Greatest  Religious  Interest 


Age  of  Conversion 


Nazareth  had  taken  the  attitude  toward  him  that  the  Protestant  churches  of 
America  are  taking  toward  the  27,000,000  American  children  and  youth  who 
are  today  unreached  by  the  educational  agencies  of  the  church! 

"To  three  out  of  every  five  Protestant  children  the  Protestant  churches  say: 
'We  are  exceedingly  regretful  but  we  have  no  funds  to  guarantee  you  a 
religious  education.  Maybe  when  you  are  old  we  can  spend  a  little  money  in 
adult  evangelistic  campaigns  to  rescue  you  from  lives  of  sin,  but  don't  ask 
us  now  for  money  to  keep  you  pure.'  To  the  other  two  children  the  church 
says;  'We  are  able  to  offer  you  twenty-four  hours  of  religious  instruction 
annually  in  schools  usually  taught  by  immature,  untrained  and  unsupervised 
voluntary  teachers.  Do  the  best  you  can,  children,  on  a  half  a  dollar  a  year 
for  spiritual  nurture,  and  if  you  ever  do  go  to  a  Christian  college  we  will 
spend  much  more  upon  your  training.'  To  which  a  righteous  judge  will 
reply:  'Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  to  one  of  the  least  of  these  my  little  ones, 
ye  did  it  not  unto  me.' 

"A  religious  education  should  be  the  heritage  of  every  child.  Spiritual 
illiteracy  is  the  greatest  peril  of  organized  society." 


Two  Days  in  a  Typical  City — Population  51,000 


Saturday: 
Theaters,  Dance  Halls,  Pool  Rooms 


Sunday: 
Churches,  Sunday  Schools,  etc. 


"The  time  has  come  for  a  great  revival  which  will 
convict  the  Church  of   the  sin  ot  neglecting  the 
spiritual  life  of   its   children,  and  arouse  a  con- 
science on   the   subject   in   the   Church  and  the 
home." 


How  Christian  Endeavor  Will  Help  Solve  Your 
Problems 

A  Christian  Endeavor  society  in  a  local  church  is  not  only  a  very  valuable 
asset  in  helping  care  for  and  train  the  young  people,  but  it  is  indispensable 
to  realize  the  highest  result  in  securing  the  boundless  possibilities  for  service 
of  the  youth.  We  are  dependent  upon  the  young  men  and  young  women  of 
the  church  to  supply  our  pulpits,  do  our  missionary  work  and  be  our  Christian 
leaders  in  the  work  of  the  church.  The  Life  Work  Recruit  Movement  will 
ultimately  break  down  unless  the  trend  of  the  church  is  changed.  The 
church  draws  the  largest  part  of  its  membership  from  the  Christian  home 
and  young  people's  organizations.  If  it  is  to  succeed  in  a  great  and  perma- 
nent way,  we  must  guard  against  the  danger  of  separating  the  young  life 
from  being  vitally  related  to  the  organization  and  work  of  the  church  itself. 
Christian  Endeavor  is  a  feeder  of  the  church. 

Christian  Endeavor  is  the  best  agency  the  church  has  for  discovering  and 
training  church  leadership.  Men  and  women  who  rank  as  leaders  in  the 
great  forward  movements  of  the  church  during  the  last  twenty-five  years  have 
repeatedly  declared  that  it  was  in  Christian  Endeavor  that  they  saw  the  vision 
and  received  the  discipline  that  prepared  them  for  the  greater  tasks  and 
responsibilities  in  later  years. 

The  church  which  does  not  have  Junior,  Intermediate  and  Senior  Christian 
Endeavor  societies  cannot  give  adequate  religious  training  to  its  youth.  Our 
young  people  merit  the  sympathetic  cooperation  and  prayers  of  the  whole 
church  to  help  promote  their  work. 

During  a  convention  last  summer  a  young  lady  said  to  Secretary  Deever, 
"I  can  never  be  the  same  girl  again.  This  is  the  most  wonderful  event  in  my 
life."  Young  people  are  being  transformed  by  attending  young  people's 
conventions. 

"It  Don't  Get  Ya  Nuttin'  " 

Said  a  boy  in  Chicago  the  other  day.  His  brother  was  to  be  hanged  for 
crime.  Does  sin  get  us  nothing?  What  about  the  bad  results?  Which  is 
better — to  build  a  Christian  Endeavor  wall  of  protection,  guidance  and  help 
about  our  boys  and  girls  or  let  them  drift,  possibly  coming  to  as  bad  an  end 
as  the  young  man  mentioned  above? 

Following  are  some  stirring  testimonials  from  leading  United  Brethren 
as  to  the  value  of  Christian  Endeavor: 

Quickens  Dormant  Powers 
'Christian  Endeavor  is  a  God-given  and  God-blessed  organization;  it 
functions  largely  in  and  for  the  young  people;  it  discovers  and  quickens  into 
activity  dormant  powers;  it  enlarges  vision  for  Christian  service.  It  was  the 
gateway  through  which  I  passed  into  public  service,  first  as  a  teacher,  now 
as  a  preacher."  Rev.  C.  H.  Babb,  president  of  the  Tennessee  Conference 
Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

Christian  Endeavor  Most  Lmportant  Organization 
"From  my  experience  as  a  pastor  of  strong  Christian  Endeavor  societies  for 
the  past  twelve  years,  and  knowledge  through  my  association  with  the  more 
than  two  hundred  societies  of  Allegheny  Conference,  I  am  more  and  more 
convinced  that  no  other  organization  can  take  the  place  of  Christian 
Endeavor, — that  in  the  training  of  our  own  young  people  for  Christian 
service  and  enlisting  them  for  Life's  Work  in  the  Kingdom,  Christian 
Endeavor  as  we  now  have  it,  is  the  most  important  of  all  our  Christian  organ- 
izations. Any  plan  that  would  in  the  least  interfere  with  this  department 
of  our  work,  would  be  a  sad  mistake  and  result  in  calamity."  Rev.  G.  R. 
Strayer,  president  of  Allegheny  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 


Chkistian  Endkavor  Tuaixs  Lkadeks 

"I  find  that  the  Christian  Endeavor  is  the  most  prolific  department  of  the 
church  for  the  training  of  future  leaders,  and  that  the  church  that  is  indiffer- 
ent to,  or  ignores  its  importance,  is  sure  to  suffer  the  most  because  of  the 
lack  of  leadership."  Rev.  S.  A.  Jessee,  president  of  West  Virginia  Conference 
Endeavor  Union.  Christian  Endeavor  Vital 

"The  Christian  Endeavor  infiuence  is  indeed  vital  to  the  young  people  of 
the  church   because   the   Christian   Endeavor   is   the   one   department  of  the 
church    for    which   the   young   people    are    vitally    responsible."     Rev.    J.    P. 
Overmiller,    president   Colorado   Conference    Christian    Endeavor    Union. 
Leads  to  Service  and  Creates  Loyalty 

"The  value  of  young,  vigorous  life  in  the  church  cannot  be  over-estimated. 
The  Chistian  Endeavor  is  a  training  camp  for  this  young  life,  to  fit  it  for 
years  of  Christian  usefulness. 

"I  feel  that  has  been  true  in  our  own  church.  From  our  local  Endeavor 
have  gone  forth  nine  Life  Work  Recruits  in  the  last  two  years.  Seven  of 
these  are  now  preparing  themselves  for  definite  Christian  service 

"Secondly,  our  most  loyal  young  people  of  the  church  membership  are 
Endeavorers,  loyal  in  the  giving  of  talent,  time  and  substance  to  advance  His 
cause  and  kingdom  in  and  about  the  community.  The  youth  of  today  are  the 
leaders  of  tomorrow."  W.  E.  Gillingham,  successful  business  man  of 
Richmond  Center,  Wisconsin. 

Victorious  Christian  Endeavor  Army 

"The  clean,  strong,  well-drilled  khaki-clad  American  army  was  the  pride  of 
America  and  of  the  whole  world. 

"The  greater  army  of  Peace,  the  Christian  Endeavor  soldiers,  with  clean 
bodies,  trained  minds,  consecrated  hearts  marching  on  to  greater  triumphs 
and  conquests  each  passing  year,  makes  an  army  of  which  the  church  may 
justly  feel  proud.  The  entire  world  is  their  field,  Jesus  Christ  is  their 
Captain  and  who  is  he  who  dares  to  stand  in  the  way  of  their  brightest 
future."     C.  L.  Raymond,  Publisher,  Huntington,  Indiana. 

Christian  Endeavor  Develops  Latent  Talents 

"The  value  of  Christian  Endeavor  as  an  agency  for  developing  and  training 
young  people  cannot  be  over-emphasized.  For  deepening  the  prayer  life, 
training  in  Christian  leadership,  stimulating  church  loyalty,  discovering  and 
developing  the  latent  talent  of  Christian  young  people.  Christian  Endeavor 
stands  preeminently  at  the  head  of  church  organizations. 

"From  this  Department  are  coming  hundreds  of  young  men  and  women 
who  have  made  a  definite  dedication  of  their  lives  for  the  Master's  service." 
Cloyd  C.  Rose,  fourteen  years  president  of  Lower  Wabash  Christian 
Endeavor  Union. 

Christian   Endeavor  Si  ppleme.vts  the  Sinday   S('U(K)l 

"I  am  glad  to  bear  my  testimony  to  the  value  of  Christian  Endeavor  at  any 
and  all  times.  To  my  mind  there  is  nothing  now  on  the  horizon  that  can 
begin  to  take  its  place.     Herewith  my  reasons: 

"(1)  It  supiilements,  in  no  small  degree,  the  work  of  the  Sunday  school 
in  that  it  supplies  added  time  for  Scripture  study.  We  all  agree  that  twenty- 
six  hours  a  year  devoted  to  Bible  study  is  not  sufficient  for  our  growing  boys 
and  girls. 

"(2)      It  brings  out  personality. 

"(3)      It  develops  individuality. 

"(4)      It  gives  the  church  leaders. 

"(5)  Christian  Endeavor  is  one  of  the  strong  pillars  on  which  the  church 
rests.     An  integral  part  of  the  structure  which  makes  up  the  church  general. 

"(6)  Christian  Endeavor  is  a  dynamo  of  untold  power,  supplying  the 
church  with  fresh,  untrammeled  enthusiasm,  a  current  of  str^gth  strong 
enough  to  overcome  the  greatest  obstacles. 


"(7)  In  this  day  when  all  the  world  is  making  its  strongest  bid  for  the 
young,  surely  the  rhurch  will  not  let  up  on  the  Young  People's  Work  but  with 
might  and  main,  will  labor  to  lengthen  its  borders  and  strengthen  its  stakes 
in  this  fruitful  portion  of  the  Lord's  vineyard."  C.  B.  Walter,  Treasurer  of 
the  Missouri  Annual  Conference,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  a  large  business 
firm  in  Kansas  City.        pkomotk.s  Expkessional  Activity 

"Christian  Endeavor  has  functioned  faithfully  in  providing  a  field  for  the 
expressional  activity  of  Christian  young  people  and  rightly  deserves  a  place 
in  every  church.  Jesus  said,  'By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them.'  The 
fruits  of  Christian  Endeavor  are  a  consecrated,  trained,  paying,  praying,  and 
working  young  people.  Give  it  a  boost."  Rev.  M.  S.  Livengood,  president  of 
St.  Joseph  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

ViTAi.izKS  TiiKoucjii  Its  Organ izatiox 

"Christiau  Endeavor  brings  about  greater  vitalization  through  better 
organization,  deeper  spiritual  devotion  and  above  all  efficient  leadership. 
The  organization  of  Intermediate  societies  in  every  church  is  a  solution  of  the 
young  people's  problem."  Rev.  I.  N.  Seldomridge,  president  of  East  Pennsyl- 
vania Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

Ciiiustian  Endeavor  Broadens 

"Christian  Endeavor  gives  broad  vision,  loyalty,  cooperation,  individual 
training,  knowledge  of  principles  and  methods,  effective  leadership  and 
enthronement  of  Christ."  Elmer  R.  Funk,  president  of  Missouri  Conference 
Christian  Endeavor  Union.       Cinuc.i  Needs  It 

"The  church  must  have  the  Christian  Endeavor  society.  It  could  not  con- 
tinue in  its  present  power  for  good  without  this  training  school  for  its  young 
people."  Edwin  Huenefeld,  president  Nebraska  Conference  Christian 
Endeavor  Union.  Training  School  of  the  Church 

"Christian  Endeavor  is  the  training  school  of  the  church  and  many  of  our 
young  people  are  going  out  to  do  effective  work  who  would  have  no  other 
chance  of  training.  Trained  leadership  is  the  church's  need  today.  Christian 
Endeavor  is  meeting  that  need  as  nothing  else  can."  Mrs.  J.  S.  Martz, 
president  of  Michigan  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 
Develops  Spiritual  and  Social  Side 

"The  many  lay  and  ministerial  leaders  of  Pennsylvania  Conference  who 
have  had  much  of  their  Christian  experience  shaped  by  their  connection  with 
Christian  Endeavor  work  convince  me  more  and  more  of  the  value  of  this 
organization  as  an  efficient  and  necessary  training  agency  for  the  young 
people  of  all  our  churches  in  the  development  of  both  the  spiritual  and  social 
sides  of  their  personalities."  Rev.  P.  R.  Koontz,  president  of  Pennsylvania 
Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

Positively  Essential 

"Like  the  Sunday  school.  Christian  Endeavor  today  is  positively  essential 
to  the  life  of  the  church  of  tomorrow."  E.  G.  Bufkin,  president  of  Minnesota 
Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

Leauehsiiii'  Factory 

"Without  leaders  the  church  would  soon  die,  and  the  Christian  Endeavor 
society  is  the  great  leadership  factory  of  the  church."  Rev.  C.  O.  Main, 
president  Salina  District,  Kansas  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

Stron(;  Arm  of  the  Church 
"The  Endeavor  society  to  me  has  always  been  one  of  the  strong  arms  of  the 
church  and  for  the  young  people.  I  think  there  is  no  greater, — for  it  is  their 
part  of  the  work  and  a  training  for  greater  and  better  things."  R.  S. 
Smither,  member  First  Church,  Topeka,  Kansas,  Treasurer  Kansas 
Conference. 


Secretary  A.  L.  Spafford 


The  Christian  Endeavor  Society  of  the  Future 

Christian  Endeavor  has  made  a  marvelous 
impression  on  the  world  during  its  forty  years  of 
history,  but  the  future  holds  in  store  more  wonder- 
ful possibilities  than  the  past  has  realized. 

Largely  as  a  devotional  society  it  has  accom- 
plished during  the  past,  but  the  future  society  will 
be  one  that  deals  with  the  individual  in  every  phase 
of  his  life  as  a  Christian  that  needs  developing. 
Even  pastors  and  leading  laymen  have  not  visioned 
the  "real"  Christian  Endeavor  in  the  past. 

The  "Society  of  the  Future"  will  be  an  organiza- 
tion. (Not  simply  a  Prayer  Meeting  once  a  week.) 
As  essential  as  that  is,  it  is  not  Christian  Endeavor. 
If  Christian  Endeavor  is  to  train  for  service  the 
motto  of  every  society  must  be  "Every  Member  on 
a  Committee,  Every  Committee  with  a  Definite  Task 
to  Accomplish."  Unless  the  community  as  well  as  the  local  church  is  better 
because  of  the  society,  it  has  failed  to  function  as  it  ought. 

Then,  too,  the  church  that  deals  with  the  society  of  the  future  will  plan  so 
that  there  will  never  come  a  time  when  the  society  lapses  because  of  a  lack  of 
young  people.  When  we  plan  so  that  Junior,  Intermediate  and  Senior  societies 
are  maintained  in  all  of  our  churches,  there  will  be  no  more  reason  for  dis- 
banding societies  than  there  is  for  disbanding  Sunday  schools  in  the  average 
church.  (If  it  is  necessary  to  teach  God's  word  in  the  Sunday  school,  it  is 
necessary  also  that  we  put  it  into  practice  through  the  training  of  Christian 
Endeavor.) 

With  this  program  followed  out,  Christian  Endeavor  will  become  a  great 
Evangelistic  agency.  Our  young  people  will  be  trained  from  childhood  to  man- 
hood in  methods  of  church  and  community  work,  and  as  a  direct  result  of 
rendering  service,  will  be  more  easily  led  to  see  the  world  task  of  the 
Kingdom  and  after  having  caught  the  vision  will  be  willing  to  dedicate  their 
lives  to  constructive  building  in  the  Kingdom. 

Is  not  such  a  society  worthy  the  attention  of  every  church?  Is  it  not  worth 
while  that  a  committee  of  the  best,  most  consecrated  laymen  in  the  church 
become  the  directors  of  Young  People's  Work?  If  we,  in  His  name,  make  the 
investment.  He  will  give  the  increase.  ^     j^^    ^^,^^^    Spafford 

Secretary  Michigan  State  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 


Secretary  Spafford's  Idea  Partly  Worked  Out  at 
Akron,  Ohio 

The  Senior  Christian  J^ndeavor  society  of  our  First  Church  at  Akron,  Ohio, 
has  helped  to  solve  its  social  problems  by  a  Sunday  afternoon  social  hour 
lasting  from  3:30  to  5:30.  These  social  meetings  are  held  in  the  church  base- 
ment during  the  winter  months.  Light  refreshments  are  served  at  5:00  p.m. 
The  Intermediate  society  serves  a  lunch  on  the  first  Sunday  of  each  month. 
No  offerings  are  taken  but  individuals  provide  the  "eats."  Groups  take  turns 
in  doing  the  dishes  and  other  work. 

Such  speakers  as  the  city  mayor,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretary,  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  superintendent  of  city  rescue  mission,  and  others  have 
appeared  on  the  program.  Sometimes  all  gather  about  the  piano  and  sing 
gospel  and  popular  songs.  Jazz  and  the  flippant  variety  are  Eliminated. 
Sometimes  the  meetings  are  literary,  some  of  the  members  giving  good  read- 


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ings  that  are  appropriate.  A  reading  room  is  provided  with  tables  and 
chairs  and  books  and  magazines,  for  those  who  wish  to  spend  Sunday  after- 
noon more  quietly. 

Strangers  are  sought  out  and  invited.  From  forty  to  sixty  young  people 
attend  every  Sunday.  Many  young  people  have  come  to  Akron  to  work  in 
the  rubber  factories  and  many  lonely  boys  and  girls,  young  men  and  women 
have  spent  Sunday  afternoon  here.  It  is  maintained  that  it  is  better  to  have 
the  young  peoi)le  under  the  church  roof,  even  though  they  do  get  noisy  some- 
times, than  to  have  them  on  the  streets  or  in  the  Sunday  theaters.  All  of 
them  invariably  attend  Christian  Endeavor  and  most  of  them  the  evening 
preaching  service. 


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C.  E.  Societies 


First  Church 


The  Importance  of  Christian  Endeavor 

The  importance  of  Christian  Endeavor,  as  of 
anything  else,  may  be  determined  by  considering 
its  product,  and  the  need  of  this  product. 

Christian  Endeavor,  more  than  any  other  depart- 
ment of  church  work,  is  continually  "turning  out" 
great  numbers  of  Comrades  of  the  Quiet  Hour, 
Members  of  the  Tenth  Legion,  and  Life  Work  Re- 
cruits. It  is  the  familiar  testimony  of  a  great 
majority  of  pastors,  missionaries,  deaconesses, 
and  other  religious  workers,  that  they  experienced 
their  first  inclination  toward,  and  received  their 
first  training  for  service  in  definite  religious  work, 
in  a  Christian  Endeavor  society. 

We  have  read,   recently,   of  one  church,   which, 
during     150     years     existence     without    a    Young 
People's    society    sent    out    only    nine    young   men 
into  the  Christian  ministry.     During  the  last  nine 
years,  this  same  church  with  a  Christian  Endeavor 
society  operating  among  its  young  folks  has  sent 
eleven  young  men  into  the  ministry,  and  two  young 
women  into  the  mission  fields. 
The  need  of  this  product  is  evident  from  the  hundreds  of  vacant  pulpits, 
and  the  great  cry  for  consecrated  men  and  women  to  carry  the  gospel  "into 
all  the  world."     Likewise,  is  the  demand  insistent,  also,  for  a  greater  "pray- 
ing and  paying"  laity. 

Rev.  C.  E.  Hnn-zi-KK, 
United  Brethren  preacher.  General  Secretary  West  Virginia  State  Christian 
Endeavor  Union. 


Sixth  World's 

Christian  Endeavor 

Convention 


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The  Young  People's  Department 

The  Young  People's  Work  has  been  a  department  of  the  Church  ever  since 
1909  when  the  General  Conference  placed  it  under  the  direction  of  the 
Board  of  Control.  Since  1913  the  department  has  had  the  full  time  of  a 
secretary.  No  other  department  in  the  Church  has  rendered  greater  service 
to  the  Church  for  the  amount  of  money  invested  than  the  Young  People's 
Department. 

This  department  merits  a  more  generous  financial  support  on  the  part  of 
the  Church.  Annual  conference  workers  in  the  field  are  constantly  calling 
for  help.  Our  churches  are  so  scattered  and  far  apart  that  we  lose  the 
encouragement  of  close  contact.  A  personal  visit  from  the  general  secretary 
to  the  churches  would  do  great  good.  The  general  secretary  is  often  forced 
to  reply  that  lack  of  funds  and  the  burden  of  office  work,  which  until 
recently  has  not  had  the  full  services  of  a  stenographer,  make  it  impossible 
for  the  secretary  to  respond.  The  dictates  of  the  best  business  policy  would 
be  to  get  the  office  help  so  sorely  needed.  An  investment  in  the  Young 
People's  Department  is  an  investment  in  the  Church  and  will  pay  big 
dividends. 

Nearly  five  years  ago  a  widow  handed  Secretary  Deever  a  bit  of  tissue 
paper  which  contained  two  five  dollar  bills,^ — the  gift  of  her  husband  on  his 
death  bed.  For  a  year  she  had  prayed  and  sought  for  the  best  possible  invest- 
ment for  this  precious  money.  After  a  short  talk  by  the  secretary  in  a 
church  she  called  him  aside  and  gave  him  the  money,  stating  that  she  thought 
it  was  God's  will  that  it  be  invested  in  the  Young  People's  Work.  God  gave 
his  approval  and  blessed  the  recital  of  this  deed  so  that  over  $1000  was 
gathered  to  meet  a  pressing  need, — in  answer  to  definite  prayer.  This  is 
only  one  of  the  many  ways  that  God  has  used  to  put  his  seal  of  approval  on 
the  work  of  the  Young  People's  Department.     It  is  God's  work,  not  man's. 

The  office  of  the  Young  People's  Department  is  located  at  301  Otterbein 
Press  Building,  Dayton,  Ohio.  The  department  is  constantly  creating  liter- 
ature of  all  kinds  which  it  supplies  free  to  Christian  Endeavor  societies.  It 
is  glad  to  respond  to  any  reasonable  call  for  help. 


Itnlted  Hrethren  (^Ihristiiin  Kndeavor  (Convention  Held  -at  .luana.  Di.i/     IM)ii()  Kico 


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The  Executive  Committee  of  The  Young  People's  Department 


The  members  of  the  Committee  are,  beginning  at  upper  left-hand  corner:  J.  W.  Owen, 
Associate  Editor  S.  S.  Literature;  Professor  .1.  B.  Showers,  Professor  in  Bonebraice  Seminary ; 
A.  R.  Clippmger,  Superintendent  Miami  Conference;  J.  G.  Huber,  Chairman  of  Executive 
Committee,  and  H.  F.  Shupe,  Editor  of  The  Watchword. 


Our  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Unions 

Our  conference  unions,  taken  as  a  whole,  have  the  best  organizations  they 
have  ever  had.  A  decided  advance  has  been  made  in  Christian  Endeavor 
field  work.  Seven  or  eight  conference  unions  have  undertaken  or  are  plan- 
ning to  undertake  some  distinct  field  work.  Southeast  Ohio  takes  the  lead 
in  this  line,  having  a  field  worker  in  the  person  of  Rev.  E.  E.  Harris,  an 
Otterbein  student  who  gives  all  of  his  week  ends  and  vacation  periods  to 
visitation  of  churches  in  the  interest  of  Christian  Endeavor.  Most  confer- 
ence unions  now  have  the  conference  divided  into  districts  and  are  developing 
strong  district  organizations  through  rallies  and  by  efficient  district 
leadership. 


Our  Christian  Endeavor  conventions 
have  taken  on  new  significance  and 
interest  through  new  methods  employed 
to  make  them  interesting  and  helpful. 
Some  of  them  are  now  being  held  outdoors 
with  recreational  features  added  and  the 
time  lengthened  for  the  duration  of  the 
convention.  Institute  work,  with  attrac- 
tive inspirational  features,  is  being  mag- 
nified as  never  before. 


Christian  Endeavor  Conventions 

Each  summer  about  4000  young  people  attend  our  C.  E.  Conventions 
receive  the  spiritual  uplift  and  blessing  they  impart. 


CONFEUENCE   UNION   VICTORIES 

It  is  impossible  to  get  complete  reports  from  all  the  conference  unions  in 
time  for  this  article  but  it  is  safe  to  say  that  there  are  7000  Comrades  of  the 
Quiet  Hour  and  5000  tithers  in  the  Christian  Endeavor  Societies.  We  have 
the  names  of  1500  Life  Work  Recruits  most  of  whom  are  preparing  for  special 
Christian  service.  There  are  now  3115  Students  in  Personal  Efficiency 
enrolled,  and  over  15,000  seals  have  been  sent  out,  indicating  that  many 
books  read. 

Thousands  of  young  people  have  been  converted  and  added  to  the 
Church.  Many  have  been  enrolled  in  Mission  Study  classes.  Thousands  of 
dollars  have  been  raised  for  benevolent  purposes  and  scholarship  funds. 
Several  hundred  Juniors  and  Intermediates  have  been  enrolled  in  Supple- 
mental study.  Young  people  have  been  learning  how  to  conduct  religious 
meetings  and  work  on  committees. 

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Victories  of  the  Quadrennium 


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Christian  Endeavor  comes  to  the  close  of  this  quadrennium  with  a  number 
of  outstanding  victories.  The  last  General  Conference  set  for  it  five  great 
goals.  At  least  four  of  them  have  been  more  than  reached.  The  outlook  is 
bright  for  splendid  advancement. 

The  following  are  some  encouraging  words  from  conference  union 
presidents: 

"The  outlook  seems  to  indicate  that  we  will  make  a  good  showing  for 
1920-1921."     H.  C.  Miller,  president  of  East  Ohio  Conference  Union. 

"We  are  getting  the  societies   in   Oklahoma   conference   trained   to   all   be 
doing  the  same  thing  at  the  same  time  and  in  a  systematic  way,  and  by  keep- 
ing everlastingly  at  it,  with  yearly  conventions  instead  of  every  two  or  three 
I  years,  we  will  see  results."     Mrs.  E.  P.  Freeman,  president  Oklahoma  Con- 
ference Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

"Intensive  interest  from  a  spiritual  standpoint  at  our  annual  convention 
gives  a  promising  outlook  for  a  great  year's  work  in  Minnesota  conference." 
E.  G.  Bufkin,  president  Minnesota  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

"Perhaps  the  most  encouraging  feature  of  our  Endeavor  work  in  Sandusky 
conference  is  the  deep  interest  our  young  people  themselves  have  in  making 
possible  an  enlarged  Christian  Endeavor  program;  an  interest  manifested  in 
greatly  increased  giving  of  money,  of  time,  of  self."  J.  S.  Engle,  president 
Sandusky  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

"The  outlook  for  Christian  Endeavor  work  in  Salina  district,  Kansas,  is 
encouraging.  There  are  four  new  Life  Work  Recruits  to  add  to  the  total." 
C.  O.  Main,  president  Salina  District,  Kansas  Conference,  Christian  Endeavor 
Union. 


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Tenth  Legion 

Endeavorers  Practice  Tithing 

Our  goal  for  tithers  has  also  been 
more  than  reached.  About  half 
of  all  our  United  Brethren  tithers 
are  found  among  our  Endeavorers. 
The  lifting  power  of  the  young  peo- 
ple through  example  and  effort  has 
helped  greatly  in  achieving  the 
splendid  victories  of  recent  cam- 
paigns. 

Christian  Endeavor  is  seeking  to 
implant  in  the  lives  of  our  youth  the 
practice  of  Biblical  Benevolence, 
without  which  the  church  cannot 
perform  its  highest  mission  in  the 
world.  This  practice  is  the  surest 
guarantee  that  the  church  will  fight 
a  winning  battle  in  the  future.  The 
greatest  spiritual  victories  are 
impossible  unless  Christian  people 
entirely  do  God's  will  and  fully 
recognize  his  divine  sovereignty 
and  ownership  of  all  things. 


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Quiet  Hour 

Endeavorers  Learn  to  Pray 

The  goal  for  7000  Comrades  of  the  Quiet  Hour  has  been  more  than  realized. 
Of  the  30,000  Intercessors  enrolled  during  the  United  Enlistment  Movement 
fully  one-third  were  secured  from  our  Christian  Endeavor  societies.  Many 
leaders  declare  that  the  marvelous  results  attending  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement  are  to  be  attributed  in  no  little  degree  to  the  prayers  and  efforts  of 
our  Christian  Endeavor  organizations. 


Life  Work  Recruits 

Many  Endeavorers  Become 
Recruits  , 

The  500  goal  for  Life  Work  Re- 
cruits has  been  attained  three  times 
over.  As  a  result  there  are  now  in 
our  schools  of  learning  the  largest 
number  of  young  men  and  women 
looking  toward  special  Christian 
service  in  the  history  of  the  Church. 

Christian  Endeavor  has  been  foi' 
several  years  an  earnest  and  con- 
stant champion  of  the  cause  of  spe- 
cial Christian  service.  The  church 
has  no  agency  better  fitted  to  chal- 
lenge the  young  people  to  service. 


Recruits  at  Ft.  Scott    Kan.,   Rev.  C.  L  Montgomery,  Pastor 


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Students  in  Personal  Efficiency 

Endeavorers  Grow  in  Efficiency 

A  strong,  aggressive  move  has  been  made  in  the  direction  of  greater 
efficiency  in  the  work  among  our  young  people  of  the  Church.  The  Students 
in  Personal  Efficiency  Course  has  become  a  great  success.  The  type  and 
character  of  work  being  done  has  been  improved  to  a  marked  degree. 


Intermediate  Work  Important 

Intermediate  Work  Grows 

The  church  has  slowly  discovered  the  outstanding  importance  of  Inter- 
mediate Christian  Endeavor  work.  The  Intermediate  society  is  just  as 
essential  as  the  Intermediate  department  of  the  Sunday  school  or  the  Inter- 
mediate grades  of  the  public  schools.  As  long  as  more  than  one-half  of  the 
boys  and  girls  enrolled  in  our  Sunday  schools  are  lost,  we  are  not  over- 
organized.  Prom  twelve  to  sixteen  is  the  great  harvest  time  of  youth.  More 
than  one-half  of  the  conversions  occur  during  this  period,  and  yet  this  is  the 
most  neglected  time  of  all  in  the  life  of  the  youth.  The  adolescent  boy  and 
girl  deserve  much  more  consideration  than  they  are  getting. 


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Junior  Work  Strengthens  Faith 


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Junior  Glad  Chest  for  Missionary  Offerings 


The  Junior  superintendent  must 
strengthen  the  belief  of  the  boys 
and  girls  in  order  to  develop  them 
in  ways  of  active  Christian  service. 
Children  will  not  work  for  a  cause 
that  isn't  true.  It  is  sad  if  a 
Junior  is  impressed  that  the  super- 
intendent is  only,  entertaining  the 
Juniors.  The  superintendent  must 
impress  the  Junior's  mind  that  the 
Junior  work  is  of  great  importance 
because    it    is    the   work    of    Christ. 


Christ  is  our  Savior.  He  died  on  the  cross  for  our  sins.  We  must  believe 
him  and  eonfess  him  If  we  would  be  saved.  The  Junior  society  must 
strengthen  the  Junior's  belief  in  Christ  and  must  lead  the  Junior  out  into 
such  active  Christian  service  as  will  express  his  faith  in  Christ  his  Savior. 

Two  Junior  girls  were  looking  at  a  Bible  story  book.  One  was  fascinated 
with  the  picture  of  Christ  upon  the  cross.  The  other  remarke:!,  "Why  do  you 
want  to  look  at  that  picture  so  much?     It  isn't  true  anyway." 

This  occurred  in  the  home  of  a  Junior  superintendent.  At  once  this 
superintendent  asked,  "What  is  it,  Frances,  which  is  not  true?"  Frances 
replied,  "That  picture  of  Christ  on  the  cross.     It  isn't  true,  it's  only  a  story." 

"What  makes  you  think  it  isn't  true,"  asked  the  superintendent.  "Xo  one 
ever  told  me  it's  true,"  answered  the  child.     "It's  only  a  story." 

Listen,  Junior  superintendent;  are  any  of  your  Juniors  testifying  that  the 
Bible  is  not  true  because  you  have  failed  to  emphasize  the  truth  of  your 
teaching?  You  must  strengthen  the  belief  of  your  Juniors  and  lead  them 
to  express  that  belief  in  testimony  and  in  service. 

Mks.    O.    T.    Dkkvkk. 


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Young  People's  Anniversary  Day 
Sunday,  May  1,  1921 

Theme:  Thy  Kingdom  Come 

Outline  of  Day's  Activities 
Sunrise — A  Young  People's  Prayer  Meeting. 

Sunday  School — Brief  program  emphasizing  C.  E.  at  close  of  session. 
Morning  Preaching  Service — Sermon  on  Young  People's  Work  and  program 

by  Endeavorers. 
Sunday  Afternoon — Some  kind  of  definite,  practical  work  such  as  holding  a 

rally  or  organizing  a  society  in  some  neighboring  town  or  community. 
Evening  Services— A  combined  program  closing  with  Christian  Endeavor 

pageant. 

Suggested  Program 
Denominational  Forward  Song.   (Send  for  free  copies.) 
Scripture  Lesson — Matt.  6:7-15.     Other  scripture  verses   will   be  found  on 

inside  cover  page  of  this  booklet. 
Short  service  of  prayer. 

Statement  of  purpose  of  meeting  by  leader. 

Talk — Glimpse  of  United  Brethren  Christian  Endeavor  History. 
Presentation  of  special  messages:     The  special  messages  of  Secretary  O.  T. 

Deever,  Bishop  H.  H.  Fout,  Dr.  Francis  E.  Clark,  Dr.  J.  P.  Landis 

and  Dr.  J.  G.  Huber  can  be  given  as  telegrams  if  desired. 
Recitation  by  a  Junior. 
Special  music. 
Series  of  short  talks: 

a.  The  Young  People's  Department. 

b.  Our  Conference  Christian  Endeavor  Unions. 

c.  Junior  Work. 

d.  Intermediate  Work. 

e.  The  Quiet  Hour. 

f.  Tithing. 

g.  Uife  Service, 
h.     S.  P.  E. 

Short  talk  by  the  president  on  the  topic:  "How  Christian  Endeavor  Helps 
Solve  the'  Problems  of  Young  People." 

Short  sermon  by  the  pastor  on  the  subject:  "The  Church's  Responsibility 
and  Opportunity  for  Training  the  Youth." 

Questions  answered. 

Special  music. 

A  statement  of  the  purpose  of  the  offering. 

Offering. 

Junior  demonstration. 

Junior  Forward  Movement  Song. 

Close  by  repeating  the  pledge. 

Remarks:  Adapt  your  program  to  the  time  you  have.  Churches  without 
Christian  Endeavor  societies  should  put  on  this  program  as  well  as  churches 
having  one  or  more  of  the  societies.  Boys  and  girls  of  the  Junior  and  Inter- 
mediate age  as  well  as  older  young  people  should  participate  in  the  programs 
of  the  day.  Let  the  young  people  make  short  talks  on  the  above  topics.  If 
any  of  the  three  societies.  Senior,  Intermediate  and  Junior,  are  lacking, 
someone  should  strongly  present  the  importance  of  organizing  them. 
Endeavorers  should  attend  the  preaching  service  in  a  body. 

The  church  should  be  decorated  with  Christian  Endeavor  monograms, 
streamers  of  blue  and  white,  Christian  Endeavor  Efficiency  Charts,  etc.  There 
should  be  in  some  visible  place,  an  exhibit  of  the  work  of  the  societies,  such  as 
the  record  of  attendance.  Junior  Birthday  books,  posters,  etc. 

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special  Messages  to  the  Church  and  Young  People 

"Rejoice,  0  young  man,  in  thy  youth;  and  let  thy  heart  cheer  thee 
in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  and  tvalk  in  the  way  of  thine  heart,  and 
in  the  sight  of  thinr  rye.s:  but  ktiow  thou,  that  for  all  these  things 
Ood  tvill  bring  thre  into  judgment." 

How  good  it  is  to  be  alive:  Let  us  thank  God  for 
life  and  its  abundant  blessings.  Let  us  rejoice  that  we 
are  young.  We  are  in  the  period  of  buoyancy  anil  hope. 
We  walk  with  quick  steps  without  the  many  aches  that 
come  with  age.  The  dew  of  the  morning  is  fresh 
upon  us. 

Let  us  also  thank  God  for  the  church, — that  institu- 
tion of  divine  appointment  at  whose  altars  we  have  been 
saved  and  for  which  we  toil  and  pray.  Remember  our 
motto:     "For  Christ  and  the  Church." 

Surely    we    have    great    reason    to    be    thankful    for 
Christian    Endeavor, — what    it    has    done    and    is    still 
doing.     The  Young  People's  Movement  in  our  Church  is 
lifting  the  lives  of  youth  of  the  Church  to  a  higher  level. 
The  outlook  for  the  future  is  bright.     Christian  Endeavor  is  fundamentally 
sound.     We  are  going  forward  to  victory. 

Christian  Endeavor  is  truly  wonderful  in  many  ways.  It  deals  with  life 
at  a  wonderful  age, — the  age  of  the  greatest  possible  opportunity  for  molding 
character  and  shaping  destiny.  Christian  Endeavor  has  a  wonderful  message, 
a  message  pertaining  to  the  deeper  spiritual  truths  of  Christian  living. 
Christian  Endeavor  is  founded  on  wonderful  basic  principles, — principles 
that  are  foundation  stones  of  human  life  and  grip  young  people  at  the  point 
of  their  greatest  need.  Christian  Endeavor  bears  wonderful  fruitage,  the 
fruitage  of  spiritual  enrichment  of  youth.  Christian  Endeavor  is  wonderful 
in  its  extending  into  all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

Let  us  magnify  our  cause.  The  efficient  and  spiritual  church  in  the  future 
is  impossible  unless  the  youth  of  today  are  trained  and  led  into  the  deeper 
spiritual  realities.     The  church  has  no  other  organization  for  meeting  this 

need  as  does  Christian  Endeavor.  rk    rr.    ta 

O.  T.  Deever 

General  Secretary  Young  People's  Department. 


Secretary   Deever 


Through  the  agency  of  Christian  Endeavor  the  church  is 
presenting  to  youth  the  pattern  of  life  in  Christ,  the  power  of 
life  in  his  spirit  and  the  inspiring  challenge  of  Christ  for 
character  and  life  service.  The  call  for  such  endeavor  is 
greater  today  than  when  the  movement  was  inaugurated.  The 
necessity  of  enlistment  and  training  young  people  in  the 
activities  of  the  church,  and  in  Christian  leadership  is  many 
times  greater  than  when  the  first  society  was  organized  for 
that  purposes  Therefore  the  best  work  of  the  movement 
and  its  vaster  possibilities  are  yet  to  be  realized. 

The  insistent  call  just  now  is  for  intensive  evangelistic 
endeavor.  I  wish  that  by  some  word  we  might  secure  the  enlistment  of  every 
Endeavorer  in  this  work  and  that  every  society  might  make  soul-winning  the 
outstanding  feature  of  its  work  in  the  days  and  weeks  ahead.  What  may  we 
not  accomplish  if  all  together  we  give  ourselves  to  the  Lord  for  this  greatest 
of  tasks?  Let  all  our  young  people  dedicate  themselves  anew  to  Christ  and 
his  service.  We  shall  then  have  the  best  "Young  People's  Day"  on  May  1 
that  the  Church  has  ever  witnessed.  tt    u    yovvt   D  D 

Chairman  Board  of  Control,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


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Boston,  February  28.  1921. 
Dear  Endeavorers  of  the  United  Brethren  Church:  — 
Dr.  Deever  has  given  me  the  privilege  of  sendin.s; 
you  a  greeting  for  your  Young  People's  Day.  I 
rejoice  to  do  it,  for  no  denomination  has  been  more 
cordial  toward  the  Christian  Endeavor  movement 
than  your  own,  and  in  no  denomination  has  our 
movement  warmer  friends  than  in  yours.  The 
cordial  expressions  of  interest  and  the  ready  help 
that  has  been  given  by  your  leaders  have  been  a 
source  of  great  comfort  and  help  to  us  in  this  office, 
and  I  am  sure  I  speak  for  my  colleagues  here  as  well 
as  for  myself,  when  I  send  you  heartiest  congratu- 
lations. 

1  think  the  young  people  of  your  denomination 
have  proved  the  truth  of  one  contention  that  a 
Christian  Endeavorer  is  just  as  loyal  to  his  own 
church,  and  denomination,  as  any  young  Christian 
can  be,  while  at  the  same  time  he  has  the  inspiration  of  city-wide,  state-wide 
and  world-wide  fellowship.  I  pray  that  in  the  future  as  in  the  past  your 
societies  may  be  greatly  blessed,  and  that  everyone  will  always  be  true  to  the 
underlying  principle  of  Christian  Endeavor — loyalty  to  Christ  and  the  Church. 
I  am  glad  to  tell  you  that  the  work  God  has  given  us  to  do  is  prospering  in 
all  parts  of  the  world,  and  so  far  as  I  know,  there  has  never  been  a  time  when 
Christian  Endeavor  was  growing  more  substantially  or  established  fnore 
firmly  in  all  countries,  than  today. 

With  all  good  wishes  to  everyone  who  reads  this  message,  1  am. 

Faithfully  yours,     Francis  E.  Clark 
President  United  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 


President  Clark 


Most  hearty  greetings  to  the  Christian  Endeavorers  of  the 
United  Brethren  Church!  The  purpose,  aims  and  spirit  of 
this  arm  of  the  Church  remain  the  same  that  they  were  thirty- 
one  years  ago  when  the  general  young  people's  work  was 
organized,  though  some  methods  have  changed. 

The  young  people  are  the  hope  of  the  church;  they  must 
furnish  the  future  workers  and  leaders, — the  ministers, 
missionaries,  editors,  Bishops,  and  so  on.  Keep  the  standards 
high.  Our  cause  is  the  greatest  this  side  of  heaven,  our  pur- 
pose the  loftiest,  "For  the  Glory  of  God  and  the  Salvation  of  P'^'d^"'  Landis 
men,"  "For  God  and  the  Church."  The  grace  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  ^ 
Christ  be  with  you  all.  Rev.  J.   P.   Landis,   D.D.  G 


President 
Y.  P.  C. 


Bonebrake      Theological 
U.  for  twelve  years. 


Seminary.     First     President     General 


The  Young  People's  society  meets  a  distinct  need  in  the  activities  of  the 
Church — a  need  that  'no  other  organi'zation  can  supply.  It  is  a  voluntary, 
self-directing  and  self-training  agency  that  leads  young  life  to  self-conscious- 
ness, to  faith  and  religious  expression.  It  is  an  open  forum  for  canvassing 
the  world's  needs,  studying  the  Scrii)tures  and  fitting  youth  for  an  unselfish 
and  active  Christian  career.  In  the  Sunday  school  and  church  mature  people 
necessarily  dominate  but  in  the  Christian  Endeavor  society  bouyant,  adventur- 
ous, affectionate  and  courageous  youth  asserts  itself  and  in  its  consecration 
to  the  Master  sets  out  to  make  a  new  world.  Rev.  J.  G.  Huber,  D.D. 

President  of  General  Y.  P.  C.  U.  seven  years.  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Control 

eight   pears  and  present   Chairman  of   the   Executive   Committee  of   the 

Young  People's  Department. 


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The' Scholarship  Fund 

Take  An  Offering 

The  time-honored  custom  to  take  an  Anniversary  Offering  on  Young 
People's  Day  should  by  all  means  be  continued.  This  is  a  good  way  to  train 
our  young  people  to  give.  Interest  can  often  best  be  deepened  by  giving 
money  to  support  the  cause.  We  suggest  that  the  offering  be  taken  for  the 
scholarship  fund  which  our  denomination  is  raising  as  a  part  of  the  United 
Enlistment  Movement.  Your  offerings  can  be  counted  on  your  church's 
pledges  to  the  United  Enlistment  Budget.  If  your  budget  is  full  it  can  be 
added  as  a  surplus  to  make  up  for  the  many  churches  which  are  not  full. 
Or  if  you  prefer  the  offering  can  be  given  to  the  scholarship  fund  which  your 
conference  Christian  Endeavor  Union  may  be  raising. 

ScHOL.\R.SHip  Money  Gkeatly  Needed 

We  have  now  about  1500  Life  Work  Recruits.  Less  than  400  are  in  our 
schools  preparing  for  Life  Work.  Several  hundred  are  in  high  school  but 
alas,  several  hundred  are  not  in  school  at  all  and  under  their  present  financial 
conditions  cannot  go.  What  a  Joss  to  the  Church  and  the  Kingdom  that  these 
splendid,  talented,  young  people  cannot  prepare  to  serve  the  Church! 

If  they  give  their  lives,  including  their  time  and  money,  certainly  the 
Church  should  be  willing  to  help  pay  their  way  through  college.  Don't  fail 
to  take  an  offering  for  this  fund. 


The  Collegiate  Scholarship  Fund 

A  fine  idea!  Yes,  for  several  reasons.  In  the  first  place  it 
is  to  be  a  permanent  fund,  invested  on  safest  security  and 
only  the  interest  used.  Interest  at  six  percent  in  sixteen  and 
two-thirds  years  grows  to  an  amount  equal  to  the  principal. 
While  the  interest  is  being  used  the  principal  goes  on  pro- 
ducing through  all  time.  It  is  just  like  pure  water  running 
do\\n  from  a  perennial  spring. 

In  the  second  place  all  this  interest  is  given  from  year  to 
s  q  1,  II      ^^^''  '•^  ^^^  young  people  in  securing  an  education  for  minis- 

secretary  scheii      terial   and   missionary   service.     Thus   many    will   be   assisted 
who,  without  such  assistance,  would  find  it  impossible  to  go  to  college. 

In  the  third  place  our  greatest  hopes  gather  about  those  who  are  called  to 
give  their  whole  lives  to  the  service  of  the  Church.  They  must  be  thoroughly 
consecrated  and  well-trained  in  order  to  make  the  future  of  Christianity  and 
of  civilization  secure. 

Therefore,  our  scholarship  plan  touches  the  very  heart  of  Christian 
progress,  and  money  given  to  the  scholarship  fund  becomes  an  agency  of 
power,  constant  and  gigantic  beyond  expression. 

Wm.   E.    Schell. 
General   Secretary  of  Education. 


FOR     CHRIST 

AND 

THE     CHURCH 


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The  Triumph  of  Christian  Endeavor 

A  PAGEANT     ' 

Adapted  from  Four  Decades  of  Christian  Endeavor 

By   MRS.  WILLIAM  V.   MARTIN 
By  permission  of  the  United  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

CHARACTERS: 

The  cast  calls  for  groups  of  Juniors,  Intermediates  and  Seniors.  The  largest  number  of  Juniors  used 
in  any  scene  is  6,  of  Intermediates  4,  of  Seniors  14.  The  same  members  may  be  used  for  all  the  scenes,  or 
in  the  case  of  a  large  society  different  members  may  be  used.  In  some  scenes  larger  numbers  may  be  used 
than  are  called  for. 

In  preparing  the  pageant  write  out  a  definite  cast  for  each  scene.  Rehearse  each  scene  sufficiently  often 
to  make  sure  that  each  participant  knows  his  or  her  part  well,  can  repeat  the  lines  perfectly,  andean  take  up 
the  proper  position  in  the  group  without  hesitation. 

To  be  a  success  the  pageant  must  move  smartly,  without  a  hitch.     Labor  to  attain  efficiency. 

Processional.  Every  one  taking  part  in  pageant,  while  singing  first  verse  and  chorus  of  "Onward, 
Christian  Soldiers." 

SCENE   I. 
Organization  of  first  Christian  Endeavor  Society. 

Parlor  of  Dr.  Clark's  home.  Williston  Congregational  parsonage,  Portland,  Me. 
Characters:     Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor,  dressed  in  white,  with  large  Christian  Endeavor  mono- 
gram on  breast:  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  E.  Clark,  twelve  or  more  young  people. 

(.Chairs  are  placed  as  if  in  readiness  for  a  meeting.  Scene  opens  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  sitting  in 
parlor  appparently  talking.) 

Recitative  by  Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor: 

Forty  years  ago  there  was  a  revival  in  Williston  Congregational  Church,  Portland.  Me.,  under  the 
pastorate  of  Dr.  Francis  E.  Clark.  Many  young  people  accepted  Christ,  and  the  pastor  wanted  to 
hold  these  young  people  to  the  church,  wanted  to  help  them,  and  wanted  them  to  be  a  help  to  the 
church.  He  had  previously  organized  a  young  people's  club,  a  literary  society,  a  social  club,  and  a  sing- 
ing society,  but  none  of  these  seemed  exactly  to  meet  the  need.  He  felt  that  there  should  be  in 
the  church  a  society  that  would  train  the  young  people  for  religious  work  and  not  merely  provide  for 
entertainment  and  pleasure.  After  careful  study,  much  prayer,  and  wise  planning,  he  drew  up  the 
constitution  and  pledge  of  the  first  Christian  Endeavor  society  in  the  world.  He  then  called  the  boys 
and  girls  together  for  a  meeting  at  his  home  on  February  2,  1881,  and  presented  to  them  this  pledge 
and  constitution.  Thus  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  was  born.  Thirty-five  young  people  signed 
the  active  members'  pledge  at  once,  and  six  the  associate  members'  pledge. 

(Spirit  of  Christian  Endeoi'or  retires,  and  young  people  come  in,  two  and  three  in  a  group,  from  one 
side  of  the  platform  as  though  coming  in  at  the  front  door.  They  are  greeted  by  Mrs.  Clark,  then  by  Dr. 
Clark  and  are  given  seats.     This  is  acted  out.  but  no  words  spoken.     When  all  arrive  Dr.  Clark  says:) 

Dr.  Clark:  We  have  asked  you  to  meet  with  us  this  evening  that  we  might  talk  over  plans  for 
organizing  a  young  people's  society  whose  object  shall  be  to  lead  the  young  people  to  Christ,  to  estab- 
lish them  firmly  in  the  faith  by  promoting  an  earnest  Christian  life,  and  to  set  them  to  work  in  the 
Lord's  vineyard. 

I  have  drawn  up  a  constitution  for  your  approval.  It  deals  with  officers  of  the  society  in  the 
usual  way,  and  has  this  to  say  about  the  prayer  meeting: 

"It  is  expected  that  all  the  members  of  the  society  will  be  present  at  every  meetinij;,  unless 
detained  by  some  absolute  necessity,  and  that  each  one  will  take  some  part,  however  slight,  in  ever\- 
meeting.  The  meetings  will  be  held  just  one  hour,  and,  at  their  close,  some  time  may  be  taken  for 
introductions  and  social  intercourse,  if  desired. 

"Once  each  month  an  experience  meeting  shall  be  held  at  which  each  member  shall  speak  concern- 
ing his  or  her  progress  in  Christian  life  for  the  past  month.  If  any  one  chooses  he  can  express  his  feel- 
ings by  an  appropriate  verse  of  Scripture.  It  is  expected  that  if  any  one  is  obliged  to  be  absent  from 
this  monthly  meeting  he  will-send  the  reason  of  hi-s  absence  by  some  one  who  attends." 

How  many  of  you  are  willing  to  sign  this  pledge  and  become  members  of  this  new  society  which 
will  be  called  the  Williston  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor?  .Ml  who  will  please 
raise  your  right  hands.  (They  all  raise  their  right  hands.)  Will  some  one  make  a  nomination  for 
president? 

First  Member:     Dr.  Clark,  I  nominate  Granville  Staples  for  president. 

Dr.  Ctarlc:     All  in  favor  of  Granville  Staples  for  president,  please  say,  ".\y."     (.ill  say,  ".\y.") 
Dr.  Clark:     Whom  will  you  nominate  for  secretary? 
Second  Member:     I  nominate  Fred  W.  Waterman. 

Dr.  Clark:     AH  in  favor  of  Fred  W.  Waterman  for  secretary  say,  "Ay."     (All  say,  ".ly.") 
Dr.  Clark:     I  have  a  list  of  members  of  committees,  the  praiyer-meeting,  the.lookout.  and  the 
social  committees.     Shall  we  adopt  it?  * 

Third  Member:     I  so  move. 

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Dr.  Clark:  I  hear  no  objection,  and  it  is  adopted.  Let  us  close  our  meeting  tonisht  by  singing 
one  stanza  of  "Work,  for  the  night  is  coming." 

{After  singinR  all  march  off  the  platform,  the  orchestra,  or  organ  where  there  is  no  orchestra,  continuing 
to  pla\  the  melody.) 

SCEXE   II. 

Triumphant  Growth  of  Christian  Endeavor 

Characters:  .Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor,  two  Juniors,  two  Intermediates  and  three  Seniors. 
The  first  Junior  should  wear  a  Junior  arm-hand  and  carry  a  Junior  cardboard  shield  hearing  the  words, 
"First  Christian  Endeavor  Triumphs.'''  The  first  Intermediate  should  wear  a  summer  hat  and  he  dressed 
to  represent  a  traveler.  Should  speak  loud  and  carry  a  Christian  Endeavor  flag  and  suitcase.  He  should  also 
carrv  a  cardhoard  banner  bearing  the  words  "Convention  Triumphs."  The  second  Junior  should  be  dressed 
as  the  first  with  the  words  on  his  shield.  "Junior  Triumphs."  the  second  Intermediate  should  carry  an 
Intermediate  pennant  with  a  cardboard  banner  bearing  the  words  "Intermediate  Triumphs."  The  first 
Senior  should  carry  a  temperance  banner  with  the  words  ".1  .Saloonless  Nation  in  1920."  The  second 
Senior  should  wear  no  coat,  his  sleeves  rolled  up  and  carry  a  banner  entitled  "Service  Triumphs."  The 
third  Senior  should  carry  the  flags  of  all  the  different  countries  he  can  get  and  also  a  banner  with  the  words 
"World  Wide  Triumphs." 

{Each  character  enters  fust  as  soon  as  the  one  before  him  ceases  speaking.  Move  'luickly,  without  delay. 
These  should  all  he  loud,  distinct  speakers.) 

Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor  speaks: 

.\  long  time  ago.  on  February  2,  l.SSl.  the  first  Christian  Endeavor  society  was  formed.  Today 
there  are  T.i.OOO  societies  and  they  are  found  in  every  country  on  earth.  Of  these  societies  2.289  are 
United  Brethren,  including  Juniors  and  Intermediates.  Christian  Endeavor  has  had  a  triumphant 
growth  and  e.xtends  into  about  80  denominations  and  into  as  many  different  nations  of  the  ep.rth. 
(Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor  retires.) 

First  Junior  (a  boy)  enters:  I  stand  for  some  of  the  early  Christian  Endeavor  triumphs.  The 
first  society  was  formed  in  1881.  The  first  convention  was  held  in  1882.  The  first  Junior  society 
was  organized  in  188.'^.  The  first  state  union  was  formed  in  1884.  In  188.5  the  first  society  was  organ- 
ized outside  of  the  United  States,  at  Honolulu.  Hawaii.  Also  in  1885  the  first  society  in  China  was  or- 
ganized. It  was  called  the  "Drum-and-Rouse-Up  Society."  In  1886  the  first  local  Christian  Erideavor 
Union  was  formed.  In  1887  Dr.  Clark  was  elected  president  of  the  United  Society  of  Christian  En- 
deavor. In  1888  the  first  society  was  formed  in  Australia.  Also  in  this  year  a  great  Christian  Endeavor 
convention  was  held  in  Chicago.  In  1889  the  President  of  the  United  States,  who  was  President 
Harrison,  sent  a  message  of  greeting  to  the  convention  which  met  in  Philadelphia.  In  1890  the  first 
prison  society  was  organized.  , 

First  Intermediate,  {a  boy),  enters:  I  stand  for  convention  victories.  Christian  Endeavor  has 
held  some  wonderful  conventions.  They  have  been  held  in  Minneapolis,  New  York.  Montreal.  Cleve- 
land. Boston,  Washington.  San  Francisco,  Nashville,  Detroit  and  London.  The  largest  convention 
ever  held  was  in  Boston  in  189.5.  Fifty-six  thousand  delegates  were  registered.  In  many  of  the  con- 
ventions there  have  been  representatives  from  Canada,  Mexico,  China.  Japan,  Australia,  Africa,  Scot- 
land. Germanx-.  England,  India  and  many  other  countries. 

Second  Junior  (a  girl),  enters:  I  stand  for  Junior  Triumphs.  The  first  Junior  Society  was 
formed  in  Berkeley.  California.  1893.  There  are  now  more  than  19,000  Junior  societies  scattered  over 
all  the  world.     Out  of  these  770  Junior  societies  are  United  Brethren,  with  2.5,9.59  members. 

Second  Intermediate,  (a  eirl).  enters:  I  stand  for  Intermediate  Triumphs.  The  Intermediate 
society  is  of  later  origin  than  the  Junior  society,  but  it  is  a  thriving  and  enthusiastic  form  of  Endeavor 
work.  California  has  always  led  in  Intermediate  work,  and  thousands  of  boys  and  girls  and  young 
people  in  their  teens  have  been  led  to  accept  Christ  through  the  influence  of  these  societies. 

First  Senior  enters:  I  stand  for  Temperance  Work.  Endeavorers  have  always  been  prominent 
in  temperance  and  prohibition  work,  but  when  in  Atlantic  City  in  1911  the  slogan,  a  "Saloonless  Nation 
by  1920,"  was  proposed,  many  of  even  the  most  enthusiastic  Endeavorers  thought  it  was  a  goal  im- 
possible to  reach.  Every  temperance  organization  in  the  country  adopted  this  Christian  Endeavor 
j  slogan,  and  we  know  how  this  dream  has  come  true. 

Second  Senior  enters:  I  stand  for  Service  Triumjihs.  "By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them." 
Christian  Endeavor  fruits  are  many.  In  some  places  Endeavorers  provide  fresh-air  homes  in  the 
country  or  at  the  seashore  where  thousands  of  children  and  tired  mothers  from  tenement  houses  can 
rest.  A  number  of  societies  have  helped  to  bring  cheer  to  hospitals — in  six  months  in  Chicago  .3500 
Endeavorers  attended  the  meetings  held  in  the  hospitals  and  36,400  bouquets  were  distributed. 
During  the  War  Endeavorers  distributed  Bibles  and  reading  matter,  books  and  comfort-bags  to  the 
soldiers  and  sailors,  and  gave  freely  of  time  and  money  to  help  them.  In  the  great  cities,  on  the 
Western  plains,  among  the  mining-camps  and  the  mountaineers,  among  the  Chinese  and  Japanese 
along  the  Pacific  slopes,  and  in  the  Indian  reservations,  Endeavorers  have  always  served.  Many 
societies  have  been  organized  in  various  institutions. 

Third  Senior  enters:  I  stand  for  Christian  Endeavor  World  Wide  Triumphs.  Christian  Eri- 
deavor is  the  only  interdenominational  and  international  young  people's  society  in  the  world.  It  is 
found  in  more  than  eighty  denominations  and  in  every  civilized  country  of  the  world  today.  Dr.  Clark, 
president  of  the  World's  Union,  has  made  six  trips  around  the  world  in  the  interest  of  Christian  En- 
deavor, and  last  year  made  another  trip  to  Europe,  where  he  went  to  help  the  Endeavorers  who  have 
lost  so  much  through  the  war. 

(Note:  In  connection  with  this  last  speaker,  if  desired,  a  group  of  children  can  be  used  to  represent 
China.  India.  Russia.  Sweden.  Norway.  Scotland.  Germany.  Italy,  France,  Ireland,  Mexico,  Canada, 
.Australia,  and  any  other  countries  you  wish.  The  children  should  be  dressed  in  costumes  of  the  country 
represented  and  carry  a  flag  of  that  country.  When  this  speaker  is  through  have  all  the  children  join 
hands  to  form  the  world.  Let  the  children  march  around  in  a  circle  while  they  sing  "Speed  .Away"  or  "The 
whole  wide  world  for  Jesus"  or  some  other  suitable  song.  They  march  off  the  platform  at  the  close  of  the  song.) 

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SCENE  III. 
Triumph  of  Christian  Endeavor  in  the  United  Brethren  Church. 

Characters:  The  Spirit  ofChrtsiian  Endeavor  and  10  oilier  characters:  One  representing  the  Young 
People's  Department  who  should  be  dressed  as  a  traveler  uith  a  traveling  bag  in  one  hand  and  a  package  of 
literature  and  books  in  the  other,  typifying  the  General  Secretary  of  the  depart?nent,  one  of  whose  responsi- 
bilities is  to  attend  the  young  people's  conventions.  Another  Senior  Endeavorer  should  represent  the  conference 
Christian  Endeavor  unions.  He  should  be  seated  at  a  table  with  a  chairman's  gavel  in  his  hand.  A  third 
Endeavorer  should  represent  the  Increase  Campaign.  lie  should  carry  a  big  banner  on  which  are  the  words, 
"Forward  March."  Still  another  Senior  Eiideovorer  should  represent  the  Watchword.  He  should  carry  a 
copy  of  that  paper  in  his  hand.  There  should  be  a  Junior  to  represent  the  Junior  work.  He  should  carry  a 
big  Junior  banner.  There  should  also  be  an  Intermediate  boy  or  girl  to  represent  the  Intermediate  work, 
carrying  an  Intermediate  banner.  There  should  be  four  additional  Endeavorers  who  represent  the  Quiet 
Hour,  Christian  Stewardship,  Life  Service  and  S.  P.  E.  Reading  Plan.  The  one  representing  the  Quiet 
Hour  should  carry  an  open  Bible.  The  one  representing  Stewardship  should  carry  in  his  hand  a  large 
pocketbook.  The  one  representing  Life  Service  should  hold  in  his  hand  a  license  to  preach.  The  one  repre- 
senting the  S.  P.  E.  Reading  Plan  should  have  an  S.  P.  E.  Certificate. 

Several  large  banners  bearing  the  inscription  "  United  Brethren  Christian  Endeavor"  should  be  placed 
around  the  room  while  this  scene  is  being  given. 

The  .Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor  enters  and  after  speaking,  leaves.  The  ten  other  speakers  enter  and 
form  a  group  with  the  Young  People's  Department  in  the  center.  Each  steps  to  the  center  of  the  platform  as 
he  or  she  speaks  and  then  steps  back  to  their  place  in  the  group.  When  they  are  all  through  speaking  they 
join  hands  and  sing  one  verse  of  "Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds." 

Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor:  In  1890  the  spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor  took  hold  of  the 
United  Brethren  Church  and  it  resulted  in  the  organization  of  a  Young  People's  Christian  Union.  When 
this  organization  was  18  years  old  the  name  was  changed  to  Christian  Endeavor.  Since  that  time  the 
United  Brethren  young  people  have  enjoyed  the  fellowship  of  the  larger  movement.  There  are  now 
1519  United  Brethren  Senior  Endeavor  societies,  and  770  Junior  and  Intermediate  societies.  The  total 
membership  of  these  societies  is  89,288.  The  movement  is  still  growkig  in  power  and  Christian  use- 
fulness.    New  triumphs  are  being  achieved  constantly. 

Young  People's  Department  speaks:  In  1908  the  last  biennial  convention  was  held.  This 
convention  memorialized  the  General  Conference  to  make  the  Young  People's  Work  an  integral  part 
of  the  Lhurch  to  be  managed  by  a  Board  as  are  other  departments.  'This  request  was  granted  in  1909 
when  the  Young  People's  Work  was  correlated  with  the  Sunday  School  and  Brotherhood  Work  and 
placed  under  the  Board  of  Control.  At  the  General  Conference  in  1913  Rev.  O.  T.  Deever.  who  was 
then  a  pastor,  was  elected  general  secretary  of  this  department  to  give  his  full  time  to  the  work. 
The  Young  People's  Department  maintains  an  office  at  301  Otterbein  Press  Building,  Dayton,  Ohio. 
Thousands  of  letters  are  sei.t  out  from  this  office.  The  department  has  an  office  assistant  who  gives 
all  of  her  time  to  the  work.  The  Young  People's  Department  furnishes  literature  for  the  churches  and 
societies  on  \oiing  people's  work,  supplies  speakers  for  the  conventions  and  in  many  other  ways  seeks 
to  build  up  the  work. 

Conference  Unions  speaks:  Every  annual  conference  in  the  denomination  has  a  union  of  young 
people's  societies  which  is  organized  to  carry  on  convention  work  and  intensify  Young  People's  work  in 
the  conference.  About  four  thousand  delegates  gather  each  summer  in  the  different  conventions. 
There  have  been  as  high  as  300  Life  Service  decisions  in  one  season's  Christian  Endeavor  conventions. 
Most  of  the  conference  unions  have  a  full  list  of  officers,  including  superintendents  of  departments  of 
work  such  as  Junior,  Intermediate.  Quiet  Hour,  Tithing,  Life  Service.  Efficiency  and  Missions,  etc. 
"The  conference  unions  are  the  greatest  asset  that  our  Young  People's  Work  has.  These  organizations 
are  in  the  best  shape  they  have  ever  been  in  the  history  of  our  work.  Many  of  them  are  raising  scholar- 
ship funds  and  at  least  one  of  them  is  employing  a  field  worker  part  time.  The  conference  unions  are 
spending  more  and  more  money  on  their  conventions  and  a  number  of  them  are  planning  to  do  con- 
structive field  work  at  considerable  e.\pense. 

Increase  Campaign  speaks:  For  a  number  of  years  there  have  been  different  denominational 
forward  movements  in  the  Church.  The  Four  Year  Program  was  a  great  blessing  to  the  Young  Peonies 
Work  and  helped  to  intensify  the  activiiies  of  our  societies.  It  was  especially  timely  during  the  war 
period.  The  exactions  of  war  wrought  havoc  among  our  societies  but  reconstruction  efforts  are  bearing 
fruit.  New  societies  are  being  formed  throughout  the  (  hurch.  We  are  now  getting  ready  for  another 
great  forward  movement.  This  movement  should  be  the  most  successful  yet.  The  rallying  cry  is 
being  sent  out  to  all  societies.     The  orc^er  is  "Forward  March." 

The  Watchword  speaks:  In  1893  our  joung  people's  movement  was  given  an  official  paper. 
This  paper  was  named  "The  Watchword"  and  Rev.  II.  F.  Shupe  was  elected  editor.  For  28  years  Dr. 
Shupe  has  been  the  editor  of'this  splendid  young  people's  paper.  The  circulation  recently  reached  the 
magnificent  figure  of  48,080  which  at  that  time  was  the  largest  circulation  that  it  has  ever  had.  The 
circulation  is  constantly  increasing  and  will  .soon  no  doubt  pass  the  50,000  mark. 

Junior  speaks:  Early  in  our  young  people's  movement  Junior  societies  were  organized,  For  a 
number  of  years  these  were  under  the  direction  of  Superintendent  Rev.  W.  A.  Dickson  and  Mrs.  G.  W. 
Kitzmiller.  The  Junior  work  is  now  under  the  direction  of  the  general  secretary  of  the  Young  People's 
Department.  There  are  now  about  six  hundred  Junior  societies  in  the  denomination.  They  are  doing 
splendid  work. 

Intermediate  speaks:  The  first  Intermediate  .society  was  organized  after  the  first  Junior  society. 
There  are  about  l.")0  Intermediate  societies  in  the  denomination.  Many  of  them  are  doing  most  excel- 
lent work.  The  Intermediate  society  is  one  of  the  most  important  of  the  three,  and  when  properly 
carried  on  results  in  great  good  to  the  girls  and  boys.  . 

Quiet  Hour  speaks:  The  Quiet  Hour  is  a  brief  period  of  approximately  15  minutes  spent,  prefer- 
ably in  the  earl>  morning,  in  quiet  Bible  reading,  meditation  and  prayer.    This  movement  has  brought 

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untold  blcssiiiR  to  the  youiiK  people  and  should  be  vigorousl\-  promoted  in  every  society.  Every  con- 
ference union  has  a  Quiet  Hour  Superintendent  to  whom  the  societies  should  report  the  number  of  the 
Comrades  of  the  Quiet  Hour.     The  Voung  People's  Department  gladly  furnishes  free  literature. 

Christian  Stewardship  i/>f(j/t5.-  The  young  people's  work  has  been  a  pioneer  in  promoting 
the  tithe  principle.  Our  Endeavor  societies  have  a  larger  proportion  of  tithers  in  their  societies  than 
any  other  organization  in  the  Church.  Nearly  one-half  of  the  tithers  in  the  Church  are  Christian 
Endeavorers.  Endeavorers  have  a  profound  conviction  that  God  is  sovereign  owner  of  all  and  one- 
tenth  of  all  we  earn  belongs  to  him. 

Life  Service  sf<eaks:  The  Life  Service  movement  has  been  exceptionally  successful  in  (recent 
months.  This  movement  began  in  our  Illinois  conference  Christian  Endeavor  union  and  has  spread 
into  every  conference  in  the  Church.  The  Voung  People's  Department  has  the  names  of  1500  Life 
Work  Recruits.  Our  colleges  have  the  largest  enrollment  of  young  men  and  young  women  looking  to 
special  service  that  they  have  ever  had  in  their  history. 

S.  P.  E.  speaks:  The  Young  People's  Department  promotes  a  plan  for  the  reading  of  good  books 
designed  to  make  the  Endeavorers  more  effective  in  the  work  of  the  Church.  These  books  cover  the 
subject  of  Missions.  Bible  study.  Christian  Stewardship,  Evangelism  and  Church  Life.  A  certificate 
is  given  to  each  one  who  pursues  this  course.  A  seal  is  attached  for  every  book  read.  There  have  been 
3111  certificates  issued  and  fully  I.t.OOO  seals  have  been  given,  indicating  that  many  books  read. 

SCEN'E   I\'. 

A  Live  Christian  Endeavor  Society  of  Today. 

Characters:     Fourteen  yomtg  people,  four  children,  and  the  Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

{The  society  officers  and  commillee  chairmen  are  grouped  upon  the  platform  in  a  semi-circle.  The 
president  and  vice-president  stand  in  the  centre  of  the  circle,  just  behind  a  table,  on  one  side  of  which  is  seated 
the  recording  secretary,  apparently  writing  in  a  book;  on  the  other  side  is  seated  the  corresponding 
secretary,  reading  a  letter,  and  behind  the  table  is  seated  the  treasurer,  holding  up  a  collection-plate.  The 
president  and  vice-president  are  holding  bet-ween  them  a  large  wall  pledge.) 

( Ne.xt  to  the  secretary  stands  the  chairman  of  the  prayer-meeting  committee  holding  a  Bible  and  a  song- 
b<x)k,  «e.v<  stands  the  music  committee  holding  a  sheet  of  music,  the  social  committee  holding  a  cake,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  circle  is  seated  a  Quiet-  Hour  Comrade  reading  a  Bible.  To  the  right  of  the  vice-president 
stands  the  lookout-committee  chairman  looking  through  a  pair  of  field  glasses  at  the  audience,  then  the  flower 
committee  holding  a  bouquet,  then  the  good-citizenship  committee  holding  temperance  banner,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  circle  is  seated  the  Tenth  Legion  holding  a  bank.  In  front  of  the  semi-circle,  on  one  side,  is  seated  the 
chairman  of  the  Junior  committee  holding  by  the  hand  a  Junior  boy  on  one  side  and  a  Junior  girl  on  the 
other.  Each  Junior  may  hold  in  his  other  hand  a  Junior  banner  or  pennant.  On  the  other  side  in  front  of 
the  semi-circle  is  seated  the  chairman  of  the  missionary  committee,  with  two  children  in  foreign  costume. 
.■Ill  characters  may  wear  on  their  breasts  red  Christian  Endeavor  monograms  cut  out  of  cloth  or  paper.) 

(During  the  recitative  which  follows,  each  chairman  or  officer  should  step  forward  a  step  as  he  is  men- 
tioned and  then  step  back  to  his  place,  those  who  are  seated  ?nerely  bow  as  they  are  mentioned.  After  the 
recitative  is  finished  they  all  sing  one  stanza  of  "Volunteers  are  wanted.") 

Spirit  of  Christian  Endeavor:     When  the  first  Christian  Endeavor  Society  was  organized  no 

one  dreamed  of  its  spreading  and  growing  as  it  has  done.  The  first  society  had  its  officers  and  a  few 
committees,  but  the  live,  up-to-date  society  of  today  has  a  far  broader  outlook.  Every  live  society 
has  its  Efficiency  chart  and  conference  scheme  of  credits  to  direct  the  work  of  the  society  and  its  com- 
mittees: its  Experts,  who  have  studied  the  text-book  "Expert  Endeavor"  and  taken  an  examination 
in  it.  Every  live  society  of  today  has  access  to  the  Watchword  and  has  enrolled  its  tithers,  and  has 
some  members  of  the  Quiet  Hour.    Every  live  society  should  also  have  one  or  more  Life  Work  Recruits. 

The  officers  of  the  society  are  the  president,  vice-president,  secretary,  treasurer,  and  the  corres- 

)Donding  secretary,  who  keeps  the  society  in  touch  with  the  General  Secretary  and  conference  C.  E. 
union  and  the  United  Society.  The  committees  are:  the  lookout  committee,  the  prayer-meeting,  the 
music,  the  Junior,  the  missionary,  and  others.  Each  committee  has  its  own  distinctive  work  and  on 
the  faithfulness  of  these  committees  depends  the  success  of  the  society. 

Every  Endeavorer  has  a  part  in  the  great  work  of  the  society,  and  is  pledged  to  loyalty  to  Endeavor 
ideals  and  service. 

(.4//  sing  one  stanza  of  "To  the  Work!  to  the  Work!"  and  retire  while  repeating,  as  a  processional,  the 
chorus. t  ' 


What  Leading  Laymen  Think  About  It 

I  have  helped  for  many  years  in  the  development  of  a  local  church,  and 
am  convinced  that  our  most  efficient  workers  come  from  those  who  have  been 
trained  in  a  Christian  Endeavor  Society. 

Albert   Kiester,    Scottsdale.    Pennsylvania. 

Successful  business  man. 

I  am  thoroughly  convinced  of  the  importance  of  the  young  people's  work 
in  the  denomination.     I  believe  it  to  be  one  of  the  strong  arms  of  the  Church. 

A.  S.  Krieder,  Annville,  Pennsylvania. 
Successful  business  man  and  statesman. 


The  most  vital  element  demanded  by  the  business  and  professional  world 
today,  from  those  who  serve  it,  is  character.  The  Bible  is  the  textbook  of 
character.  The  Young  People's  Work  in  our  Church  furnishes  the  oppor- 
tunity to  study  this  text  and  to  practice  the  virtues  therein  taught. 

Sincerely  yours,     A.  A.  Maysilles,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

County  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools. 


"A  Natkw  That  Rides  In 
AuTOMOaii,r,6  SH0^lto^4>I 

P*««1T  It*  CHIlLIMltNTo 
Wa1,K  in  ICNOK AWCB" 


Christian  Endeavor  in  our  own  denomination  has  given  birth  to  the  Life 
Work  Recruit  Movement  which  is  God's  answer  to  the  prayers  of  his  iieople 
for  workers  in  his  vineyard.  Cloyd  C.  Rose,  Olney,  Illinois.  0^ 

Assistant  Postmaster,  fourteen  years  president  Lower  Wabash  C.  E.  Union. ^ 


Christian  Endeavor  is  the  best  organization  in  the  church  for  the  young 
people.  The  organization  hag  been  proven  worth  while  by  the  number  of 
preachers  and  missionaries  it  sends  out  each  year. 

C.    b.   Raymond,    Huntington,    Indiana. 

Publisher. 

Oh,  that  the  church  would  realize  and  recognize  the  need  of  the  hour  and 
stimulate  and  encourage  organized  Christian  training  for  young  people! 
W.  E.  GiHingham,  Richland  Center.  Wisconsin. 
Successful  farmer,  wide  experience  in  the  councils  of  the  Church. 


Christian  Endeavor  is  like  the  sun,  in  its  journey  each  day  across  the 
beavens.  It  gives  life  wher'er  its  rays  find  lodgement;  it  gives  warmth  and 
cheer,  continually  bringing  forth  new  life,  new  harvests,  ^nd  making 
the  earth  to  blossom  like  the  rose.        C.  B.  Walter,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Treasurer  Missouri  Conference,  cashier  leading  business  liouse. 


CHURCH  OF   THE 

United  Brethren  in  Christ 

QUADRENNIAL  REPORT 

Of  the  Board  of  Education 

WM.  E.  SCHELL.  General  Secretary 


MEMBERS 

Bishop  W.  M.  r.cll,  D.D.,  1509  State  Street,  Harrisburg, 
Pennsvlvania. 

Bishop  H.  H.  Font,  D.D.,  945  Middle  Drive,  Indianapolis, 

Indiana. 

Bishop  C.  j.  Kephart,  D.D.,  3936  Harrison  .\venue.  Ivansas 
ritv,  Missouri. 

Bishop    W.    H.   Washinger,   D.D.,  686   East   Taylor   Street, 

Portland.  Oregon. 

Bishop  A.  T.  Howard,  D.D.,  821  Five  Oaks  Avenue.  Day- 
ton, Ohio. 

Bishop  N.  Castle,  D.D.,  Philomath,  Oregon. 

Bishop  W.  M.  Weekley,  D.D.,  1424  Twenty-second  Street, 
Parkersburg,  West  Virginia. 

President  W.  G.  Clippinger,  D.D.,  Westerville,  Ohio. 

IVesident  L.  L.  Eplev.  D.D.,  Philomath,  Oregon. 

President  I.  J.  Good,  A.M.,  University  Heights,  Indianapolis 

Indiana. 

President  C  D.  Gossard,  D.D..  Annville,  Pennsylvania. 

President  J.  P.  Landis,  D.D..  1566  West  Second  Street.  Day- 
ton, Ohio. 

President  H.  U.  Roop,  D.D.,  York,  Nebraska. 

President   1.  H.  Ruebush,  A.M.,  Dayton,  \irginia. 

Chancellor  J.  C.  Williams,  D.D.,  Kansas  City  University, 
Kansas  City,  Kansas. 

Professor  H.  H.  Baish,  A.M.,  711  North  Second  Street,  Har- 
risburg.  Pennsylvania. 

Judge  Walter  Brewer,  Paris.  Illinois. 

Superintendent  Mark  Keppel,  A.M.,  700  Hall  of  Records. 
Los  Angeles,  California. 

Superintendent  A.  A.  Maysilles,  A.M.,  215  Dayton  Savings 
and  Trust  Building,  Dayton.  Ohio. 

Judge  Wm.  N.  McFaul,  603  Law  Building,  Baltimore, 
Maryland. 

Professor  ].  P.  West,  A.M.,  \\esterville.  (  )hio. 


Lebanon   Valley  Collcfte  Freshmen 


'OFFICERS  AND  COMMITTEES 

W  111.  1''.  Sclicll.  (iciK-ral  Secretary 
I".   |.  Kephart.  President 
*t;."  M.   iMathews,  \ice- President 
W'm.    E.    Schell,    Recording    Secretary 
L.  O.  Miller,  Treasurer 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

*G.  M.  Mathews,  Chairman 
Wm.  E.  Schell,  Secretary 
W.  (1.  Clipiiinger  L    |.  Cmud 

I.  v.  Landis  A.  A.   Alavsilles 

j.  P.  West 

STANDING  COMMITTEES 
Committee  on   Material   Holdings  and  Standards — ^llishop 
G.  M.  Mathews,  President  j.  P.  Landis,  President  W.  G.  Clip- 
pinger,  President  L.  L.  Epley,  President  I.  J.  Good,  President 
H.  \J.  Roo]),  and  Superintendent  A.  A.  Maysilles. 

Committee  on  Current  Expense  Budgets  of  Institutions — 
Bishop  W.  M.  Bell,  Bishop  W.  H.  W'ashinger,  Professor  H.  H. 
Baish,  Superintendent  A.  A.  IMaysilles.  Judge  Walter  Brewer, 
and  President  j.  li.  Ruel)usli. 

Committee  on  Religious  Life  and  Work— Bishop  H.  H. 
Pout,  Professor  J.  P.  ^\■est.  Bishop  W.  M.  Weekley,  President 
Ci.  D.  Gossard,  Judge  Wm.  N.  McFaul,  Superintendent  Mark 
Keppel,  and  Secretary  Wm.  E.  Schell. 

*Deceased  April  3.  1921. 


Philomath  ColleSe  I,ife-\Vork   Recruits 
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Presented  to  the  General  Conference 

OF     THE 

UNITED  BRETHREN  IN  CHRIST 

INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 

May,  1921 

BY  WM.  E.  SCHELL 
General  Secretary  of  Education 


PROLOGUE 


The  tenth  quadrennial  report  of  the  Board  of  Education  of 
the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  the  second  under 
present  organization  with  full-time  General  Secretary,  is  sub- 
mitted to  the  members  of  the  General  Conference  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ,  and  to  the  churches,  in  order  that  they  may 
be  informed  as  to  the  work  of  the  Board,  its  field  of  operation, 
purposes  and  aims,  the  steps  of  progress  gained,  the  present 
outlook,  and  objectives  for  the  immediate  future. 

An  earnest  effort  has  been  made  to  present  clearly  and  con- 
cisely the  work  of  the  quadrennium  as  it  pertains  to  the  func- 
tions and  operations  of  this  organization  in  its  relation  to  our 
institutions  of  learning  and  to  the  denomination. 

This  report  is  submitted  with  the  hope  that  it  will  be  read 
with  interest  and  studied  with  care.  Those  who  so  peruse  it 
will  rejoice  with  us  because  of  the  undertakings  which  have 
been  translated  into  achievements  and  because  of  the  victories 
which  have  been  recorded  in  this  field  of  endeavor  since  the 
quadrennial  assembly  of  1917.  Especially  will  those  who  have 
given  heartily  their  moral  and  financial  support  find  occasion 
for  satisfaction  and  gladness  over  the  fact  that  their  efforts 
have  helped  to  bring  advancement  to  a  cause  so  fundamental 
to  the  progress  of  the  gospel  and  the  building  of  the  Kingdom. 

While  there  are  great  fields  yet  to  be  compassed  and  diffi- 
cult problems  still  awaiting  solution,  this  is  far  and  away  the 
most  encouraging  quadrennial  report  ever  made  on  the  work 
of  Christian  education  among  United  Brethren  in  Christ.  Its 
submission  is  attended  with  most  sincere  appreciation  of  the 
fine  spirit  of  cooperation  so  generally  evinced  by  both  the 
ministry  and  laity,  and  with  overflowing  gratitude  to  God  for 
his  grace  and  blessing  so  ever-present  and  abundant  as  we 
have  journeyed  across  the  plains  of  victory  and  over  the  hills 
of  triumph. 

PROSPECT 

The  ])rospect  was  by  no  means  encouraging  when  thb  cur- 
tain fell  at  the  close  of  the  last  General  Conference.  Our  coun- 
try was  just  driving  into  the  world  war,  pursuant  to  the  de- 
cision of  the  month  before,  and  after  the  most  noble  and  long- 


suffering:  strug^gle  a  nation  ever  made  to  avoid  the  clasli  of 
arms.  All  the  resources  of  the  land  were  laid  under  tribute  to 
the  imperative  and  imperious  demands  of  the  gigantic  conflict. 
The  outgoing  streani  of  finance  at  once  swelled  to  billions  of 
dollars.  Legalized  conscription,  at  one  stroke  of  the  pen,  made 
all  our  young  men  from  twenty-one  to  thirty-one  years  sub- 
ject to  the  country's  call.  And  they  began  going  at  once  by 
thousands  and  millions  to  the  camps  and  overseas.  Our  young 
women  followed,  as  is  always  the  case,  to  care  for  the  sick  and 
wounded  and  dying.  Men  and  women  everywhere  went  into 
near-war  work  of  various  kinds,  and  by  the  lapse  of  the  first 
spring  into  summer  the  whole  nation  was  precipitated  into  the 
awful  encounter.  War  consumed  our  thought  by  day  and 
filled  our  dreams  by  night.  It  claimed  our  time  and  strength 
and  money  and  men  and  women — the  nation's  very  heart  and 
soul.  Throughout  the  greatest  of  all  republics  there  was  just 
one  business  left  intact — the  business  of  war. 

These  conditions  by  no  means  constituted  a  roseate  prospect 
for  progress  in  the  work  of  the  Church.  And  especially  was 
the  outlook  dark  for  the  work  of  higher  Christian  education, 
with  all  our  young  men  of  college  age  in  the  army  and  also 
multitudes  of  our  young  women  ;  on  the  threshold  of  a  great 
financial  undertaking  for  our  cause,  and  the  resources  of  our 
people  being  poured  out  like  water  in  response  to  the  daily  de- 
mands of  war. 

But  we  shall  never  doubt  God's  wise  and  gentle  leading  in 
the  initiation  and  formulation  and  adoption  of  our  educational 
program  for  the  quadrennium  now  closing.  Had  we  been  able 
to  unveil  the  future  of  these  last  four  years  and  see  the  end 
from  the  beginning,  it  is  impossible  to  divine  where  or  how 
we  could  have  planned  more  wisely  or  launched  our  projects 
with  greater  sanity. 

PROGRAM 

The  program  for  Christian  education,  as  authorized  by  the 
last  General  Conference,  embodied  four  goals,  as  follows : 

1.  Our  institutions  of  learning  enriched  and  strengthened 
as  training  agencies  for  Christian  service. 

2.  Two  million  dollars  in  new  funds  for  equipment  and  en- 
dowment. 

3.  Two  thousand  increase  in  student  attendance. 

4.  Five  hundred  additional  trained  ministers,  missionaries, 
and  educational  leaders. 

These  were  big  undertakings ;  by  far  the  biggest  to  date. 
Some  thought  they  were  out  of  reason,  especially  the  financial 
goal.  But  the  program  has  been  pushed  with  all  vigor  and  dis- 
patch throughout  the  quadrennium  and  splendid  steps  of  prog- 
ress have  been  added  to  those  of  the  four  years  preceding. 

First  Goal 

"Our  institutions  of  learning  enriched  and  strengthened  as 
training  agencies  for  Christian  service." 


We  have  made  gxjod  progress  in  this  held  oi  endeavor.  There 
are  nt)  concrete  measures  for  estimating  the  gains  in  this  fea- 
ture of  our  work,  l:)Ut  they  are  proven  l)y  evidences  which  are 
convincing  and  uiiniistakal)le. 

The  Bible  has  a  larger  i)lace  in  our  courses  of  study.  It  is 
regarded  seriously  as  a  book  for  study  by  increasing  numbers 
of  our  college  students. 

■  All  our  colleges  ha\e  ai)pro\e(l  one  unit  ot  liible  study  for 
entrance  credit,  such  credit  to  be  earned  by  the  .completion  of 
two  courses,  each  of  which  represents  the  equivalent  of  four 
hours  of  recitations  ])er  week  for  twenty  weeks. 

Biblical  and  related  subjects  are  taught  in  all  our  church 
schools,  and  in  most  of  them  there  is  one  professor  giving  all 
his  time,  or  nearly  all,  to  this  field  of  instruction. 

(  )ur  college  faculties  are  made  up  of  rare  Christian  men  and 
women.  They  are  more  and  more  assuming  the  attitude  ♦^hat 
the  work  of  teaching  in  a  Christian  institution  of  learning  is 
not  merely  a  jirofession,  but  a  divine  calling;  a  God-given 
opportunity  for  the  investment  of  a  life  where  it  will  be  of 
greatest  consequence  in  shaping  the  coming  leaders  of  men. 
Many  of  them  are  in  the  work  at  the  call  of  their  Lord.  The 
character  side  of  education  holds  a  predominant  place  in  their 
purposes  and  aims.  They  well  understand  the  great  truth  that 
the  elements  of  Christian  love  and  good-will  are  fundamental 
to  the  progress  of  the  Church  and  the  State,  and  that  the}'  are 
absolute  requisites  for  the  construction  of  civilization  upon 
higher  planes,  not  only  morally  and  religiously,  but  also 
economically  and  politically.  They  are  deeply  sensible  of  the 
glory  and  supremacy  of  our  holy  religion,  and  find  their  great- 
est joy  in  seeing  those  who  gather  about  them  as  learners 
enter  upon  the  Christian  life  and  heed  the  call  to  the  gospel 
ministry  and  other  forms  of  full-time  service  in  the  Church. 

7\nother  evidence  of  progress  in  this  realm  of  service  is  the 
fact  that  all  our  colleges  have  been  l)lessed  with  gracit)us  re- 
\ivals.  St)me  of  them  were  unusual  manifestations  of  the 
divine  j^ower,  turning  large  numbers  of  students  to  the  Chris- 
tian life  and  leaving  but  few  unsaved.  Also,  many  were  led  to 
a  decision  for  the  Christian  ministry. 

These  college  revivals  ha\'e  been  an  untold  blessing,  not 
only  in  winning  the  unsaved,  but  also  in  edifying  Christian 
students  and  teachers.  It  greatly  enriches  the  lives  of  student 
ministers  to  pass  through  these  wonderful  awakenings  during 
their  college  years.  Bishop  \\'eekley  truly  says,  "Only  such 
e.\])eriences  will  i:)roperly  anchor  them  and  kee])  the  great  call 
upon  their  hearts." 

Second  Goal 

"'i'wo  million  dollars  in  new  funds  for  e(|uii)ment  and  en- 
dowment." J 

This  goal  was  attained  ])revious  to  the  financial  campaign 
of  the  United  Enlistment  Movement,  or  within  a  little  less 
than  the  first  three  years  of  the  quadrennium.  While  some  of 
our  institutions  did  not  reach  their  goal  in  full,  others  secured 


a  good  (leal  more.  It  was  our  ])laii  to  center  ettorts  upon  the 
cam])aig:n  for  one  institution  at  a  time.  We  naturally  started 
with  our  oldest  institution,  and  came  on  down  the  line.  Before 
we  made  the  complete  round,  the  United  Enlistment  Move- 
ment was  launched,  leavini;-  the  campaij^n  for  three  of  our  in- 
stitutions unfinished. 

The  two  millions  i){  dollars  secured  in  these  campaigns  went 
in  the  main  for  endowment.  There  is  only  one  notable  excep- 
tion, that  of  $1<SO,000  expended  to  erect  a!nd  equip  the  new 
science  building  for  Otterbein  College. 

To  set  it  out  specifically  and  in  round  numbers,  about 
$450,000  was  secured  for '  Otterl)ein  College,  $450,000  for 
Lebanon  Valley  College.  $400,000  for  Indiana  Central  Uni- 
versity. $200,000  for  Kansas  City  University.  $120,000  for  York 
College.  $100,000  for  Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institute.  $80,000 
for  Philomath  College,  and  $200,000  for  Bonebrake  Theologi- 
cal Seminary. 

These  figures  show  a  great  advance  beyond  all  previous  un- 
dertakings and  achievements  for  our  church  schools.  They 
bear  evidence  of  the  enlarging  vision  of  our  denomination  rela- 
tive to  the  place  of  Christian  education  in  the  w^orld  program, 
give  proof  of  what  can  be  accomplished  In'  concerted  action, 
and  furnish  eloqtient  testimony  to  the  efficiency  of  our  policies 
and  methods. 

The  great  achievement  iiad  its  background  in  the  rising  tide 
of  interest  awakened  the  quadrennium  before.  All  plans  and 
efforts  were  shot  through  and  intersticed  with  prayer.  Infor- 
mation w'as  sent  out  in  steady  streams  to  all  quarters  of  the 
denomination.  We  instituted  an  effective  organization  reach- 
ing down  through  the  conferences  to  groups  of  charges  and 
to  the  local  church.  The  doctrines  of  tithing  and  of  Christian 
stewardship  were  talked  at  a  hundred  thousand  firesides  and 
heralded  forth  in  public  address  from  every  pulpit  in  the  de- 
nomination. Yes.  and  we  registered  tithing  stewards,  too ;  but 
the  registration  was  on  pledges  and  subscriptions  to  the  great 
cause  of  Christian  education.  We  had  the  lifting  power  of  a 
challenging,  worth-while  goal.  We  had  a  good  slogan,  "Pray, 
promote,  and  pay!"  And  with  all  this  aroused  interest  and 
supplication  and  information  and  organization,  we  called  out 
the  wdiole  army  and  flung  it  into  the  battle.  This,  in  brief,  was 
the  cause,  and  the  two  million  dollars  was  the  elTect. 

The  wdiole  scheme  and  i)rocess  and  result  constituted  a 
splendid  forerunner  and  prejjaration  for  the  United  Rnlist- 
ment  Movement.  In  our  college  campaigns  we  learned  anew 
the  meaning  of  prayer,  the  value  of  concerted  effort,  the  im- 
portance of  calling  out  the  whole  army,  the  necessity  of 
thorough-going  processes  of  information,  the  efficacy  of  close 
and  careful  organization,  and  the  appeal  of  a  worth-while  un- 
dertaking. The  victory  gave  birth  to  a  desire  for  more  and 
greater  results  to  be  wrought  out  on  kindred  lines  of  attack. 
Thus  the  wdiole  denomination  was  recast  after  a  better  pat- 

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tern,  its  vision  clarified,  its  horizon  pushed  back,  and,  conse- 
quently, its  career  henceforth  must  move  toward  larger  ends 
and  be  enacted  upon  more  exalted  planes. 

Third  Goal 

"An  increase  of  two  thousand  in  student  attendance." 

We  have  made  progress  toward  this  goal,  but  have  not 
reached  it.  We  had  about  2000  students  at  the  beginning  of 
the  quadrennium.  not  counting  the  176  in  Leander  Clark  Col- 
lege. That  institution  closed,  as  you  know,  in  1918.  To  reach 
this  goal,  therefore,  would  mean  to  raise  the  attendance  from 
2000  to  4000,  a  gain  of  100  per  cent. 

Two  unforeseen  dif^culties  were  not  taken  into  account 
when  we  set  this  goal :  We  did  not  dream  that  one  of  our  best 
endowed  colleges  would  turn  from  the  track,  and  we  did  not 
suppose  that  the  war  would  take  a  thousand  of  our  students 
at  a  single  stroke.  Our  students  were  living  pure  lives  and 
hence  sound  in  body.  They  were  patriotic  and  ready  to  go. 
Large  numbers  of  them  enlisted  and  many  became  officers. 

The  second  year  of  the  quadrennium  we  recovered  these 
losses.  The  third  year  we  made  a  gain  of  about  200.  This  year 
we  shall  reach  a  total  registration  of  100  more,  or  about  2300. 
In  other  words  we  have  surmounted  the  unforeseen  obstacles 
which  lay  in  our  pathway  in  this  phase  of  our  work,  and  have 
made  a  gain  of  15  per  cent. 

In  order  to  attain  this  goal  it  will  be  necessary  to  have  an 
average  of  one  student  in  college  for  every  eighty-eight  mem- 
bers of  the  Church.  Some  denominations  have  exceeded  these 
figures,  while  others  are  far  from  them.  Those  in  the  former 
class  have  a  larger  number  of  institutions  in  proportion  to 
their  membership  than  those  in  the  latter  class  and  than  we. 
The  propinquity  of  the  constituency  of  an  institution  has  much 
to  do  with  its  attendance.  It  is  the  exception  where  large 
numbers  are  carried  over  long  distances  to  attend  college.  We 
are  suffering  now  for  the  want  of  an  institution  somewhere  in 
the  Mississippi  valley. 

Fourth  Goal 

"Five  hundred  adxlitional  trained  ministers,  missionaries, 
and  educational  leaders." 

We  have  made  good  strides  in  this  direction.  Among  the 
graduates  from  our  church  schools  the  last  three  years,  there 
were  a  total  of  2^)0  who  entered  the  forms  of  Christian 
work  herein  specified.  For  this  year  there  are  136  more.  While 
these  figures  show  that  we  have  covered  only  79  per  cent  of  the 
distance  to  this  goal,  they  discount  all  previous  records  and 
lend  us  much  encouragement.  ' 

Of  the  numbers  given,  223  arc  Christian  teachers  graduated 
from  full  collegiate  courses.  The  other  173  are  ministers  and 
missionaries,  66  of  them  graduating  this  year. 

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Furthermore,  there  is  a  big  harvest  started  and  already  well 
on  the  way.  The  numbers  of  life-work  recruits  in  training  at 
our  church  schools  this  year  are  as  follows  : 

Otterbein  College,  95;  Lebanon  Valley  College,  50;  Indiana 
Central  University,  60;  Kansas  City  University,  42;  York 
College,  55;  Philomath  College,  26;  Shenandoah  Collegiate 
Institute,  17;  IJonebrake  Theological  Seminary,  63;  making  a 
total  of  408,  which  is  an  advance  of  132  above  the  figures  of 
the  last  quadrennial  report.  But  the  sitting  of  the  next 
General  Conference  large  numbers  of  these  will  be  out  of 
college,  through  the  Seminary,  and  into  the  active  work. 

Not  overlooking  the  fact  that  the  Church  must  have  in- 
creasing numbers  of  consecrated  and  well-trained  lay  leaders, 
it  is  at  this  point,  our  ministry,  that  we  touch  the  highest  pur- 
pose of  the  Board  of  Education  and  of  the  Christian  college. 
And  this  matter  must  not  be  left  wdiolly  to  our  Board  and  the 
college  presidents  and  teachers.  We  may  lead  the  way  and 
agitate  and  exhort  and  inform  ;  but  Christians  everywhere,  and 
all  the  time,  must  give  their  efforts  to  the  task,  if  the  future 
Church  is  to  be  supplied  with  the  requisite  number  of  de- 
voted and  thoroughly-furnished  ministers  and  missionaries. 
The  mandate  of  the  Master,  "Pray  ye  therefore  the  Lord  of 
the  harvest  that  he  will  thrust  forth  laborers  into  his  harvest," 
should  rest  heavily  upon  the  hearts  of  all  our  people  and  be 
the  burden  of  their  prayers.  Parents,  like  Hannah  of  old,  must 
dedicate  their  children  to  the  holy  work  of  the  Church.  Every 
minister  must  emphasize  the  need  of  life-work  recruits,  and 
be  on  the  alert  to  lead  young  people  to  a  consideration  of  the 
ministry  and  to  place  them  in  a  listening  attitude  to  the  divine 
call. 

The  need  of  Christian  ministers  and  Christian  missionaries 
W'ill  always  be  the  greatest  need  of  the  world.  The  minister 
himself  holds  the  vantage  position  for  helping  to  supply  this 
need.  Ambassador  of  the  King  of  earth  and  heaven,  his'  high 
office  has  an  immeasurable  lift.  He  is  a  prophet  and  sees  the 
diamond  in  the  rough,  the  harvest  in  the  seedtime,  the  saint 
in  the  sinner  plus  the  grace  of  God.  He  is  a  shepherd,  loving 
and  leading  his  sheep,  proving  his  interest  in  them  by  care  and 
counsel,  comforting  them  in  sorrow,  encouraging  them  in 
duty,  helping  them  in  time  of  temptation.  He  is  a  teacher, 
teaclring  and  preaching  the  most  important  of  all  knowledge! 
even  those  truths  upon  which  men  base  their  hopes  for  time 
and  for  eternity.  He  is  an  organizer,  setting  his  people  to 
work  and  showing  them  how,  thus  assuring  their  development 
m  grace  and  their  safety  from  the  sweeping  tides  of  evil.  But 
above  all,  and  more  than  all,  he  is  a  recruiting  officer.  All  his 
other  functions  lead  up  to  and  focus  in  this  one.  The  full 
glory  of  his  high  mission  is  revealed  only  when  he  so  incar- 
nates the  ministry  as  to  draw  others  into  it.  If  he  fails  in  this, 
his  failure  is  sui)erlatively  great ;  a  tragedy  that  time  cannot 
efface,  a  woe  that  heaven  cannot  heal.  But  success  in  this 
particular  is  a  monumental  achievement,  giving  an  immeasur- 


able  touch   of  blessing  to  earth   and   unending  gladness   and 
glory  to  heaven. 

The  time  is  here  to  set  in  highest  j^raise  the  parent  and  the 
home  that  can  produce  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  to  crown 
with  highest  honor  the  man  whose  ministry  reveals  an  un- 
broken line  of  youths  following  him  into  this  holy  office. 

NET  ASSETS 
Institution 

Boncbrake    Theological    Seminary 

Otterlieiii    College 

Lebanon    Valley    College 

Leancler   Clark   College 

Indiana   Central    University 

Kansas   City   University 

York    College 

Philomath    College 

Shenandoah    Collegiate    Institute 

Total  $1,977,613  $4,250,434 

The  figures  for  1921  are  conservative  and  show  that  we  have 
gained  more  in  the  last  eight  years  than  in  the  sixty-six  years 
preceding.     To  go  on,  steadily  on.  is  our  task. 


1913 

1921 

$441,370 

$689,383 

384.642 

l,()17,7(i5 

297,928 

798,405 

310,524 

310,524 

46,814 

632,223 

237,500 

359,000 

185,585 

173,634 

48,250 

132,000 

25,000 

137,500 

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PURPOSE 

.'^ome  (if  the  (|uesti(ins  whicli  arise  from  time  to  time  about 
the  field  and  function  of  the  lioard  of  l^ducation  sup]K)rt  the 
conclusion  that  its  mission  is  not  real  thoroughly  and  generally 
understood.  It  is  well,  therefore,  to  give  in  this  report  a  brief 
outline  of  its  duties  and  ])owers.  The  said  outline 'is  as 
follows  : 

"To  assist  in  e\ery  way  the  cause  of  higlier  education  in 
the  ("hurch,  to  awaken   and   stimulate  an   interest   in   this  im- 


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portant  work  throughoul  tlic  Ixirdcrs  dt  our  Zion,  to  cncuur- 
aj^c  ami  aid  our  educational  institutions  tliat  arc  strivin<i^  to 
bring^  the  Church  to  L;reater  efficiency,  and  t(»  unite  the  friends 
of  education  in  their  efforts,  that  greater  unity  of  i)lan  may  be 
secured,  and  the  forces  of  the  Church  combined  to  give  our 
pet)ple  adxantages  commensurate  witli  the  needs  of  the  present 
day. 

"'1\)  seek  1)\-  the  ])ul)licati(  in  of  tracts.  pam])hlets.  addresses, 
c)r  books  u])on  educational  (piestions.  to  diffuse  among  our 
members  a  more  general  knowledge  of  the  \alue  of  a  sancti- 
fied education  and  of  a  well-instructed  ministry,  and  thereby 
awaken  in  them  a  better  appreciation  of  our  institutions  of 
learning  and  of  the  obligations  resting  uixni  them  to  give  of 
their  substance  for  their  sup])ort. 

"'i\i  make  an  annual  re])ort  of  tlie  general  and  tinancial 
condition  of  the  colleges  and  other  educational  institutions  of 
the  Church;  to  make  such  recommendations  to  the  managers 
of  these  institutions  as  will  tend  to  make  them  more  effective. 

"This  Board  shall  determine  the  number  of  colleges  and 
academies,  and  the  standards  for  the  various  grades  of  institu- 
tions of  learning  and  the  coojjerating  territory  of  each. 

"The  l>oard  shall  determine  the  standard  of  colleges  which 
grant  the  bachelor  degree.  The  remainder  of  our  schools  may 
be  junior  colleges  or  academies  or  may  be  discontinued,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  Board.  The  courses  of  study  in  schools  of 
like  grade  shall  coordinate  as  far  as  possible,  based  upon  the 
minimum  of  units  as  outlined  by  the  Board. 

"X(i  church  school  shall  be  established,  discontinued,  re- 
located, or  consolidated  with  another  without  the  consent  of 
this  Board,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  entire  Board. 

"The  Board,  through  its  secretary,  shall  make  to  the  (Gen- 
eral Conference  a  report  of  all  the  work  done  during  the  pre- 
ceding four  years,  including  money  received  by  collections,  be- 
quests, or  otherwise,  the  amount  paid  out,  and  the  purposes 
for  which  it  was  ])aid.  The  Board  may  i)ropose  to  the  (ien- 
eral  Conference,  from  time  to  time,  such  plans  as  it  may  con- 
sider useful  or  necessary  for  the  success  of  the  work  com- 
mitted to  it. 

"There  shall  be  an  education  fund  under  the  control  of 
this  Board,  to  ])e  raised  by  the  secretary  and  members  of  the 
l^>oard,  in  the  form  of  cash,  gifts,  death  notes,  beciuests,  etc. 
This  fund  shall  be  appropriated  at  the  discretion  of  the  Board. 

"The  Board  of  Education  shall  raise  funds  by  collection, 
donation,  or  becpiest.  to  aid  by  loan,  witht)Ut  interest  as  the 
['Executive  Committee  may  determine,  in  educating,  in  l)oth 
their  collegiate  and  theological  courses,  worthy  young  persons 
who  are  preparing  themselves  for  the  work  of  the  gospel  min- 
istry, or  as  missionaries  in  the  United  brethren  Church;  j^ro- 
vided,  however,  that  the  Board  shall  have  jxiwer  to  receive 
money  and  use  it  for  other  educational  ptir])oses.  as  donors 
may  direct. 

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"The  General  Secretary  of  Education,  under  the  direction 
of  the  Board,  shall  conduct  the  correspondence,  keep  the 
records,  and  in  all  his  official  conduct  shall  be  subject  to  the 
authority  and  control  of  the  Board.  His  time  shall  be  entirely 
employed  in  conducting  the  affairs  of  the  Board,  and  promot- 
ing its  objects  by  making  educational  investigations,  by  travel- 
ing in  its  interests,  by  visiting  the  schools  of  the  Church,  and 
lending  assistance  to  the  officers  thereof,  by  making  educa- 
tional addresses,  by  soliciting  fvmds  and  students  for  the 
schools  of  the  Church,  by  compiling  statistics  and  other  infor- 
mation for  the  uses  of  the  Board,  and  by  performing  such 
other  labors  as  will  assist  the  existing  schools  of  the  denomina- 
tion and  those  hereafter  established  to  a  higher  degree  of 
efficiency,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Board  may 
from  time  to  time  require." 

Objectives 

It  is  apparent  from  the  foregoing  that  the  purposes  of  the 
Board  of  Education  are  numerous  and  contemplate  a  large 
field  of  endeavor.  But  rather  than  scatter  our  efforts  over  too 
wide  a  range  and  make  little  impression  anywhere,  we  have 
centered  them  upon  three  great  objectives: 

1.  To  create  a  denomination-wide  interest  in  Christian  edu- 
cation and  our  own  church  schools. 

2.  To  strengthen  our  institutions  of  learning  by  securing 
better  equipment  and  more  adequate  endowment. 

3.  To  enlist  and  train  larger  numbers  of  our  young  people 
for  Christian  service  and  especially  for  the  gospel  ministry. 

These  objectives  were  suggested  by  the  General  Secretary 
in  July,  1913,  and  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee. 
After  pursuing  them  for  four  years  it  was  the  unanimous 
opinion  that  there  was  nothing  to  add  or  subtract  and  that 
they  should  be  the  focal  points  of  endeavor  for  another  four 
years.  So  pushing  onward  to  realize  as  fully  as  possible  these 
three  distinct  and  unwavering  aims,  voice  and  ])en  have  been 
utilized  to  send  forth  the  waves  of  information  to  the  farthest 
shores  of  the  denomination.  Pastors,  conference  superin- 
tendents, editors,  general  officers,  bishops,  presidents  of  insti- 
tutions, teachers,  and  students  have  given  fine  cooperation. 
There  has  been  a  s.teady  rise  in  the  tide  of  interest,  and  it  is 
not  too  much  to  say  that  the  idea  of  Christian  education, 
cherished  in  the  hearts  of  some  of  our  best  people  since  1847, 
:has  finally  found  a  place  among  the  masses  of  the 
denomination. 

Without  this  deeper  and  wider  interest  it  would  have  been 
impossible  in  the  last  four  years  to  make  the  additions  to  our 
equipment  and  endowment  which  represent  practically  a 
doubling  of  our  assets.  This  achievement,  however,  was  not 
easily  wrought,  but  was  forged  out  of  almost  insuj^erable 
difficulties  and  handicaps.  Early  and  late,  day  and  night, 
without  cessation  or  vacation,  we  sieged  away  at  the  great 
composite  task,  exhausting  the  possible  and  denting  the  im- 

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possible.  The  General  Secretary  has  clung  to  the  field  so  con- 
secutively that  it  is  almost  a  travesty  on  the  truth  to  say  that 
he  lives  in  Dayton.  Some  of  our  noble  presidents  could  say  the 
same  thing". 

The  third  link  in  the  chain  of  aims  logically  follows  the 
other  two.  Greater  interest,  schools  stronger  in  equipment 
and  endowment,  larger  attendance.  The  first  two  would  be 
in  vain  without  the  third.  Every  reason  for  the  creation  of 
interest  in  Christian  education  and  for  the  Strengthening  of 
the  facilities  of  our  church  schools  is  rooted  in  the  expectation 
of  larger  attendance,  and  hence  larger  numbers  trained  for 
Christian  service  and  especially  for  the  gospel  ministry. 

\\'e  have  not  been  disappointed  in  the  matter  of  students. 
There  are  in  our  colleges  this  year  just  about  all  the  students 
we  can  take  care  of,  and  in  some  instances  it  has  become  a 
serious  question  as  to  the  limitation  of  attendance.  Some  of 
us  have  been  saying  that  not  as  many  of  our  young  people 
attend  college  in  proportion  to  our  numbers,  as  the  young 
people  of  many  other  denominations.  The  main  reason  is  that 
we  have  not  made  provisions  for  them.  They  are  now  coming 
more  rapidly  than  we  are  making  room,  and  unless  we  con- 
tinue to  speed  up  with  our  provisions  for  them  and  duplicate 
again  and  again  what  we  have  already  done,  the  day  is  not  far 
distant  when  they  will  be  saying,  "We  came  unto  our  own 
and  our  own  received  us  not." 

UNITED  ENLISTMENT  MOVEMENT 

We  have  cooperated  in  every  possible  way  in  this  forward 
movement.  The  work  has  not  been  different — praying,  teach- 
ing, and  preaching  the  glorious  gospel  of  our  Lord,  winning 
souls,  raising  funds — but  the  method  has  been  different :  work- 
ing together  as  departments,  with  a  united  appeal  and  a 
united  army. 

\\'hen  the  council  of  church  leaders  was  held  which  even- 
tuated in  the  organization  of  said  movement,  the  General 
Secretary  of  Education  was  absent  from  Dayton,  working 
away  at  his  task  in  the  field.  But  the  idea  was  most  welcome, 
and  already  for  years  had  been  cherished  in  his  soul  and  as 
early  as  April  29,  1915,  had  been  expressed  in  his  recommenda- 
tion to  the  Board  of  Education,  as  follows :  "That  a  commit- 
tee be  appointed  to  consider  the  advisability  of  a  united  cam- 
paign for  the  endowment  of  all  our  colleges  and  the  Board  of 
Education,  and  also  for  securing  appropriate  sums  for  such 
other  Boards  as  will  enter  with  us  into  such  united  campaign." 

The  said  recommendation  is  recorded  on  page  228  of  the 
minutes  of  our  Board.  Favorable  action  was  taken,  a  commit- 
tee of  three  was  appointed,  with  the  General  Secretary  as 
chairman,  and  instuctions  were  given  "to  consider  the  ad- 
visability of  a  united  cami)aign  for  the  endownnent  of  our 
colleges  and  for  providing  funds  for  the  advances  contem- 
plated by  the  benevolence  Boards  of  the  Church."     One  mem- 

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Der  of  the  committee  refused  to  serve  on  the  ground  that  the 
aim  was  impracticable  and  impossible.  The  other  two  went 
ahead  with  an  effort  to  secure  a  united  frimt,  with  failure  as 
the  result. 

But  the  Church  marches  forward  with  the  years,  and  the 
very  thing  which  our  leaders  counted  visionary  and  imprac- 
ticable and  almost  unthinkable  in  1915,  we  could  do  in  1920, 
and  do  it  with  zest  and  the  swing  of  victory. 

It  is  my  hope  that  we  shall  never  go  back  to  the  old  method. 
It  is  so  much  more  sensible  and  satisfactory  to  work  together 
and  have  a  united  appeal ;  to  train  our  people  to  the  broader 
view  of  the  field  and  to  prize  the  whole  Church,  every  part 
being  essential  ;  and  to  pool  our  efforts  and  our  money  in  order 
to  build  the  Church  symmetrically  and  achie\e  an  all-round, 
sustained,  steach'  advance. 


js,  s  .f,   9^  WM .  f 

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Indiana  Central  University  Life-Work  Recruits 

Sharing  in  the  Big  Fund 

\\'ith()Ut  recounting  the  tedious  processes  leading  up  to  the 
fixing  of  the  budget  of  $4,000,000.  and  ap])ropriations  there- 
from to  various  interests,  let  it  suffice  to  state  that  thirt}'  and 
two-fifths  per  cent  was  apportioned  to  our  educational  agencies. 
All  of  the  allotments  to  our  colleges,  however,  were  set  in  the 
n()n-])referre(l  class  and  not  realizable  until  large  ])referred 
claims  are  satisfied,  'idie  said  allotments  were  made  on  a  two- 
year  basis,  and  arc  as  follows:  Gtterbein  College,  $200,000; 
Lebanon  Valley  College,  $200,000;  Indiana  Central  Universitv, 
$120,000;  Kansas  City  University,  $100,000;  York  Cqllege, 
$100,0(X);  Philomath  College,  $40,000,  and  Shenandoah  Col- 
legiate Institute,  $40,000. 

In  most  instances  the  ct)nferences  have  a])pr()])riated  fiat 
sums    for    college    operating    expense.      Some    of    the    con- 

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(crenocs  have  made  said  a])|)ri  tpriatii  ms  larger  lliaii  ImIIkmIo. 
while  other  ciuiferences  ha\e  dec  reaped  them,  ami  some  have 
made  no  <;rant  at  all. 

lloth  preferred  and  non-preterred  allotments  were  made  to 
the  Board  of  i'dueation  and  to  I'onebrake  'rheolos;ical 
Seminarw    Said  allotments  are  as   folKjws: — 

Hoard  of  lulucation  :  ])referred  for  administration,  $U),(XX); 
l)referred  for  ccjllcgiate  scholarship  fund,  $11,.^(X);  non- 
preferred  for  collei^iate  scholarship  fund,  $63,500. 

Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary:  preferred  for  administra- 
tion. $44,000;  special,  $14,309;  non-preferred  for  building^  fund, 
$206,000;  non-preferred  for  seminary  scholarship  fund.  $7.\(XX). 

The  receipts  from  the  fund  from  June  1,  1920,  to  March  31, 
1921,  a  period  of  ten  months,  are  as  fcdlows: 

Otterhein    College $11,449.95 

Lebanon  Valley  College   11 ,449.95 

Indiana  Central  Univer.sit}-  6,S70.()1 

Kansas    City    University    5,724.9S 

York  College  5.724  9K 

riiilomath    College    2,289.99 

Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institnte   2,289.99 

Total ^     $45,799.85 

Board  of   Education — h'or   Adniini>trati(in $  6.666.65 

For   Collegiate  Scholarship   Fnnd 8,468.42 

Total '  $15,135.07 

Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary 

For  Administration   and   I'uildings.  .....•■.■  .$,^0',1 19.14 

For   Theological   Scholarship    Fund.  ........        4..305.18 

Special  on  Promise  of  $20,00:). 14..309.0() 

Total ■'^48,733.32 

Grand  Total $109,668.24 

These  receipts  are  a  sore  disappointment  to  our  educational 
agencies,  being  only  about  one-seventh  of  what  sh(juld  haxc 
been  received  in  the  case  of  the  colleges,  and  abotit  one-third  in 
the  case  of  the  Board  of  Rducation  and  .Seminar}\ 

We  should  renew  our  efforts  and  exhaust  the  jxjssible  to 
secure  the  four  million  dollar  tund  in  full. 

SCHOLARSHIP  FUNDS 

\\c  have  allowed  the  years  to  pass  without  making  satis- 
factory provision  for  assisting  the  rising  ministry  of  the 
"Church  in  securing  an  education.  While  the  loan  fund,  grow- 
ing little  by  little  since  1879,  has  been  a  great  help  to  more 
than  LSOO  of  our  student  ministers,  the  sidiolarshi])  funds  now 
give  hope  of  something  better  for  those  of  s])ecial  promise  and 
need. 

The  $7.5,000  allotted  for  seminary  scholarships  and  the 
$75,000  allotted  for  collegiate  scholarships,  as  referred  to 
above,  will  not  be  received  in  full  unless  the  campaign  for 
four  million  df)llars  results  in  securing  the  entire  amotmt. 
But  whatever  is  received  will  be  a  beginning,  to  which  large 

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additions  should  be  made  at  the  earhest  possible  date,  and 
continued  additions  from  time  to  time  until  the  funds  are  of 
sufficient  size  so  that  the  income  from  them  will  enable  us 
to  make  gifts  from  year  to  year  to  many  of  our  young  men 
and  young  women  in  preparation  for  the  ministry.  If  they  are 
ready  to  surrender  all  their  time  and  talents  to  the  work  of  the 
Church,  we  should  count  it  a  privilege  to  help  them  in  prepara- 
tion for  it. 

The  importance  of  this  project  is  so  gigantic  as  to  be  be- 
yond all  danger  of  exaggeration.  Every  problem  of  the  Church 
is  wrapped  up  in  the  problem  of  leadership.  The  working  out 
of  these  plans  will  have  a  lifting  effect  upon  the  grade  and 
efficiency  of  our  future  ministry,  and  facilitate  the  way  to  the 
larger  numbers  needed  right  now  and  for  the  days  ahead. 

Let  it  be  remembered  that  in  our  scholarship  plans  every 
stake  is  set  solidly.  The  fund  itself  will  never  be  dissipated. 
Only  the  income  will  be  used.  This  income  will  be  perennial 
and  its  blessed  ministry  to  the  culture  and  training  of  our  on- 
coming ambassadors  of  Christ  will  be  projected  across  the 
tides  of  the  future  years. 

The  administration  of  the  seminary  scholarship  fund  has 
been  committed  to  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary. 

The  Board  of  Education  is  charged  with  the  administration 
of  the  collegiate  scholarship  fund,  the  plan  for  which  has  been 
drafted  and  approved. 

Plan  for  Safeguarding  and  Administering  the  Collegiate 
Scholarship  Fund 

I.  The  Collegiate  Scholarship  Fund  shall  be  a  permanent  endow- 
ment, the  income  from  the  same  to  be  used  in  aiding  student  ministers 
in  their  collegiate  course  of  study  in  colleges  of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ,  the  purpose  being  that  those  aided  shall  repay  either  in 
ministerial  service  to  the  Church  or  in  money  as  hereinafter  provided. 

II.  The  principal  of  said  Collegiate  Scholarship  Fund  shall  be  loaned 
on  good  security  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Board  of  Education.  The  security  shall  be  either  first  mortgage 
on  real   estate  or  other   security   equally  good. 

III.  The  income  from  the  interest  on  the  said  Collegiate  Scholarship 
Fund  shall  be  used  from  year  to  year  to  aid  student  ministers  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ  acti:^lly  engaged  in  pursuing  regular  col- 
legiate courses  of  study  in  the  colleges  of  the  Church  aforesaid,  under 
the   following  rules  and- provisions  : 

1.  A  regular  scholarship  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  $100. 

2.  The  recipient  of  a  scholarship  or  of  any  part  thereof  shall  be  a 
first  rank  student,  one  who  is  in  need  of  financial  assistance,  and  one 
who  gives  more  than  average  i  romise  of  usefulness  in  the  ministry  of 
the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

3.  The  recipient  of  a  scholarship  or  of  any  part  thereof  shall  be 
strongly  recommended  by  the  faculty  of  the  institution  in  which  he 
is  pursuing  his  collegiate  course  of  study  and  also  by  his  conference 
superintendent.     These  recommendations  shall  be  in  written  form. 

4.  The  recipient  of  a  scholarship  or  of  any  part  thereof  shalf  give 
a  legal  negotiable  note,  bearing  six  per  cent  interest  per  annum  from 
date,  to  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ  for  the  amount  of  each  scholarship  or  any  part  thereof  re- 
ceived. 

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It  is  provided,  however,  that  one  year  spent  in  the  active  ministrj' 
of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  immediately  following  the  cessation 
or  completion  of  his  studies  in  United  Brethren  schools  shall  entitle  the 
recipient  to  possession  of  his  first  note  given  for  a  scholarship  or  any 
fart  thereof.  The  next  consecutive  year  spent  in  the  ministry  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ  shall  entitle  the  recipient  to  possession  of 
his  second  note  given  for  a  scholarship  or  any  part  thereof.  The  same 
principle  shall   apply  to  the   third  year   and  to  the   fourth  year. 

5.  In  the  event  that  any  student  minister  receives  a  scholarship  or 
any  j  art  thereof  under  the  provisions  of  these  rules  and  docs  not  im- 
mediately, on  cessation  or  completion  of  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ,  serve  in  the  active  ministry  of  the  said 
Church  as  hereinbefore  provided,  then  and  in  such  case  his  note  or 
notes  given  to  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  Church  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  under  the  provisions  of  these  scholarship  rules  shall 
become  due  and  payable  with   six  i  er  cent  annual   interest   from   date. 

6.  Application  for  aid  from  the  said  Collegiate  Scholarship  Fund 
shall  be  made  on  the  forms  provided  by  the  Board  of  Education  of  the 
Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
with  the  recommendations  hereinbefore  referred  to. 

An  application  and  its  attendant  recommendations  shall  be  good  only 
for  the  scholastic  year  for  which  scholarship  aid  is  sought. 

IV.  The  distribution  of  scholarships  among  the  several  colleges  of 
the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  shall  for  any  year  or  any  period  of 
years  be  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  ministerial  students  of  col- 
legiate rank  in  said  colleges. 

"Ministerial  students"  shall  be  interpreted  to  mean  students  who  are 
members  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  and  who  actually  hold  license 
as  ministers  in  either  the  quarterly  or  annual  conference. 


BENEFICIARY  LOANS 

This  feature  of  our  work  has  been  carried  forward  as  usual 
under  the  forms  and  regulations  duly  authorized.  In  accord 
with  said  regulations  loans  are  made,  for  a  given  number  of 
years  without  interest,  to  ministerial  and  missionary  students 
in  our  own  church  schools,  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  them 
both  in  their  collegiate  and  theological  courses  of  study.  After 
they  conclude  their  school  days  and  enter  upon  their  ministry, 
they  return  the  money,  and  it  is  loaned  again  in  like  service  to 
others.  It  is  a  circulating  fund  for  the  building  of  ministers 
as  is  the  church  erection  fund  for  the  building  of  churches.  It 
is  a  great  scheme  and  must  be  carried  forward  in  growing 
magnitude  with  the  growth  of  the  denomination.  Even  with 
such,  help  as  the  scholarship  funds  will  provide,  the  loan  fund 
will  still  be  a  growing  necessity  because  of  the  rapidly  increas- 
ing numbers  giving  themselves  to  the  ministry  and  missionary 
service. 

Our  beneficiary  loan  work  was  begun  in  1879.  Dr.  H.  A. 
Thompson,  who  went  to  his  heavenly  home  the  eighth  of  last 
July,  was  the  leader  in  projecting  this  form  of  service.  Within 
the  entire  period,  1879  to  1921,  the  Board  has  made  1873  loans 
in  the  total  sum  of  $150,021.75. 

We  have  made  170  loans  within  the  quadrennium,  the  aggre- 
gate amount  being  $19,055.  The  following  tables  show  the 
distribution  of  these  loans  among  schools  and  conferences: 

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School  Exhibit  of  Beneficiaries  and  Loans 

1917-1918       1918-1919       1919-1920       1920-1921 

Institution  Ben.   Amt.   Ben.   Amt.      Ben.   Amt.     Ben.  Amt. 

Bonebrake  Theological 

Seminary   26     $2,955     26     $3,440     27     $3,850 

Otterhein  College 5  310       2  140     10  710 

Lebanon  Valley 

College    6  390       2  180       7  540       9 

Indiana  Central 

University    3  225       2  105       1  80'       1 

Philomath    College....  1 

Shenandoah  Collegiate 

Institute   1 

Other  Schools 1  100       1 

40'    $3,880     32     $3,865     46     $5,280    52     $6,030 


2S 
11 


$4,285 
840 

610 

60 
60 

75 
100 


Conference  Exhibit  of  Beneficiaries  and  Loans 


1917-1918 

Conference           Ben.  Amt. 

Allegheny     2  $    205 

California     1  125 

Colorado   

East   Ohio 1  75 

East  Pennsylvania 4  350 

Erie    1  150 

Florida    

Illinois 2  130 

Indiana    

Iowa   

Kansas    3  350 

Miami    5  330 

Michigan     1  90 

Nebraska    

Oregon    

Penns3'Ivania 3  375 

Porto    Rico 

Sandusky    4  490 

St.  Joseph    2  110 

Southeast  Ohio   ......  1  70 

Virginia   5  540 

West  Virginia 

White    River    ........  3  240 

Wisconsin    2  250 


1918-1919       1919-1920 
Ben.  Amt.     Ben.    Amt. 
1     $      90       1     $    100 


1920-1921 
Ben.    Amt. 


100 


5 

525 

7 

1,005 

11 

1,355 

5 

390 

4 

415 

1 

60 

3 

190 

5 

360 

4 

410 

5 

660 

1 

90 

1 

50 

3 

425 

3 

410 

4 

420 

3 

480 

1 

75 

2 

255 

1 

60 

2 

450 

5 
1 

39() 
100 

5 

480 

7 

145 

9 

230 

2 

250 

1 

55 

1 

80 

2 

250 

1 

90 

4 

340 

4 

540 

6 

975 

6 
1 

625 

75 

? 

500 

5 

625 

3 

700 

2 

200 

1 

150 

40     $3'880     3Z     $3,865     46     $5,280     52     $6,030 


Rules  Governing  Beneficiary  Loans 

The  Board  of  Education  will  make  loans  from  the  Educational  Bene- 
ficiary Fund  to  persons  properly  recommended,  who  are  in  schools  of 
our  own  denomination,  preparing  for  the  gospel  ministry  or  mission  or 
deaconess  work,  in  accord  with  the  following  rules: 

1.  Applications  for  loans  must  be  made  under  the  forms  and  i  ro- 
visions   determined  by   the   Board. 

2.  The  student  applying  for  a  loan  must  be  properly  recomnjended 
by  his  annual  conference  and  by  the  faculty  of  the  school  in  which 
he  is  a  student.  These  recommendations  must  accompany  each  applica- 
tion for  a  loan  and  must  be  of  recent  date. 

3.  Each  loan  must  be  secured  by  a  negotiable,  legal  note,  signed  by 
the  beneficiary  and  bearing  six  per  cent  annual  interest  after  maturity. 

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4.  In  no  case  will  a  note  ho  made  for  a  longer  term  than  live  j'ears. 
If  for  any  good  reason  the  Board  should  extend  the  time,  the  new  note 
shall  draw  annual   interest  from  date  at  six  per  cent. 

5.  Within  one  year  after  the  beneficiary  concludes  his  studies  in  the 
schools  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  he  shall  begin  to  repay  the 
money  borrowed  from  the  Board,  whether  the  same  is  due  or  not, 
paying  at  least  $50  per  year  and  no  less  than  one-fifth  of  his  entire  ob- 
ligation each  year. 

6.  Money  loaned  will  be  paid  to  students  through  some  officer  of 
their  school  in  three  installments,  in  November,  January,  and  April. 
The  note  shall  be  given  at  the  date  of  the  last   installment. 

7.  The  amount  to  be  loaned  to  any  student  in  any  year,  or  in  any 
number  of  \ears,  is  determined  by  the  Board  and  may  be  made  to  vary 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Board.  The  loan  to  a  member  of  the  senior 
class  in  college  shall  not  exceed  $90;  to  a  junior,  $80;  to  a  sophomore, 
$70;  to  a  freshman,  $60.  To  a  college  graduate  who  is  pursuing  a 
course  in  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary,  the  loan  shall  not  exceed 
$200.  To  others  in  the  said  Seminary,  loans  may  be  made  correspond- 
ing in  amount  to  that  which  their  class  standing  would  entitle  them  as 
indicated  above,  were  they  students  in  college.  Experience  in  the 
pastorate  niay  be  considered. 

8.  Loans  may  be  cancelled  by  the  Board  on  account  of  the  death 
of  the  beneficiary. 

9.  If  for  any  reason  a  beneficiary  does  not  enter  the  ministry  or 
mission  or  deaconess  work  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in 
Christ,  in  accord  w'ith  the  purpose  avowed  in  the  application,  the  entire 
amount  of  his  loan  or  loans,  whether  legall}'  due  or  not,  shall  be  due 
and  payable  with  six  per  cent  annual  interest  from  date  by  or  before  the 
first  meeting  of  his  annual  conference  after  his  leaving  school.  "School" 
is  to  be  regarded  as  a  school  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

10.  The  beneficiary  shall  inform  the  General  Secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Education  of  any  change  of  address. 

11.  At  the  discretion  of  the  Board,  loans  voted  may  be  withheld  on 
account  of  unworthy  conduct  on  the  part  of  the  beneficiary,  or  for  any 
other  reason. 

12.  In  case  loans  are  made  to  beneficiaries  outside  of  the  provisions 
of  the  above  rules,  security  may  be  required  and  interest  may  be 
charged  at  the  discretion  of  the  Board. 

13.  These  rules  shall  constitute  the  contract  between  the  Board  of 
Education  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  and  the 
beneficiary  who  receives  a  loan  or  loans. 

14.  The  signature  of  the  beneficiary  shall  be  affixed  to  a  copy  of 
these  rules,  by  which  signature  he  binds  himself  to  observe  every  re- 
quirement stated  in  any  of  these  rules  and  in  all  of  them. 

I   hereby  agree  to  the  provisions  of  these  rules. 


Name    of   Applicant. 
Date 


LEANDER  CLARK  COLLEGE 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  Leander  Clark 
College,  in  June,  1917,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  consider 
the  proposition  of  merging  with  Coe  College,  an  independent 
institution,  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  This  committee,  in  con- 
ference with  a  like  committee  from  Coe  College,  drew  up 
terms  of  union  which  were  approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  Leander  Clark  College  and  by  Iowa  conference ;  but  were 
not  approved  by  the  other  three  cooperating  conferences  nor 
by  the  Board  of  Education,  because  the  said  terms  of  union 
would  transfer  large  educational  and  property  interests  to  Coe 
College  without  due  consideration. 

In  May.  1918.  the  Board  of  Education  met  at  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa,  and,  in  conference  with  representatives  of  Coe  College 
and  Leander  Clark  College,  other  terms  of  union  were  drafted, 
which  were  at  that  time  approved  by  the  Board  of  Education, 
soon  thereafter  approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Leander 
Clark  College,  and  the  following  autumn  approved  by  all  of 


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the  cooperating  conferences.  At  the  time  the  cooperating 
conferences  approved  these  terms  'of  union  with  Coe  College, 
under  the  said  terms  of  union,  and  with  the  assurance  of 
Leander  Clark  College  representatives  that  these  terms  of 
union  were  to  be  carried  out,  th-e  said  cooperating  conferences 
also  consented  to  the  sale  of  the  college  campus  and  buildings 
at  Toledo,  Iowa.  However,  these  terms  of  union  were  never 
fully  approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Coe  College. 

In  April,  1919,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Leander  Clark 
College  laid  aside  the  approved  terms  of  union,  and  dreSv  up 
other  terms,  entirely  different,  which  jeopardize  and  dissipate 
our  educational  and  property  interests  as  represented  in 
Leander  Clark  College,  and   decided   to  carry   them   through 

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without  the"  approval  of  any  of  the  annual  conferences  or  the 
Boar<l  of  Education,  and  over  the  protest  of  two  of  the  annual 
conferences  and  of  the  Board  of  Education. 

Later  in  1919  the  Hoard  of  Trustees  of  Leander  Clark  Col- 
lege deeded  the  campus  and  buildings  at  Toledo,  Iowa,  to  H.  J. 
Stiger  for  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  and  he  transferred  the  prop- 
erty to  the  state  of  Iowa  for  an  orphans'  home.  At  the  same 
meeting  of  the  trustees  at  which  this  gift  of  the  realty  to  the 
state  of  Iowa  was  authorized,  the  transfer  of  the  endowment 
fund  to  Coe  College  without  due  consideration  was  also 
authorized,  it  being  essentially  a  gift  to  Coe  College  as  were 
the  campus  and  buildings  a  gift  to  the  State. 

Not  hastily,  but  after  careful  and  deliberate  counsel,  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Education  recommended 
legal  proceedings  in  order  to  safeguard  the  rights  and  interests 
of  the  Church.  The  Board  of  Education  in  session  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pennsylvania,  in  December,  1919,  with  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  present,  by  unanimous  vote  decided  to 
call  on  the  courts  for  relief.  The  law  firm  of  James  and 
Coolidge,  Dayton,  Ohio,  was  employed  and  suit  filed  in  the 
federal  court  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  where  the  case  now 
awaits  a  hearing. 

Terms  of  Union  Generally  Approved,  Then  Laid  Aside  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Leander  Clark  College 

1.  Union  and  Name.  Coe  College  and  Leander  Clark  College 
hereby  agree  to  enter  into  a  union  of  said  colleges  at  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa,  the  united  college  to  be  known  as  Coe  College,  and  thereafter 
while  these  articles  of  agreement  are  in  force,  to  operate  as  one  school 
distinctly  Christian  in  character.  In  this  union  Leander  Clark  College 
becomes  an  integral  part  of  Coe  College,  its  name  and  history  and  life 
being  preserved  and  maintained  in  the  united  college.  Coe  College 
agrees,  in  order  the  more  distinctly  to  identify  the  name  of  Leander 
Clark  with  the  consolidated  institution,  to  constitute  its  own  depart- 
ment of  Religious  Education  into  a  school  to  be  designated  hereafter 
as  the  Leander  Clark  College  of  Religious  Education  of  Coe  College: 
the  said  school  to  have  a  dean  and  faculty  of  its  own,  with  all  the 
powers  of  voting  and  the  authority  vested  in  the  other  members  of 
said  faculty.  It  is  also  further  agreed  that  the  first  dean  of  this  school 
may  be  selected  by  the  trustees  of  Leander  Clark  College. 

2.  Leander  Clark  Building.  It  is  also  understood  and  agreed  that 
a  building  shall  be  erected  by  Coe  College  for  the  Leander  Clark 
Coll&ge  of  Religious  Education  on  the  Coe  College  grounds  as  soon  as 
the  necessary  funds  can  be  provided  therefor.  This  building  shall  be 
equipped  with  all  the  necessary  conveniences  and  appliances  for  the 
successful  conducting  of  a  school  of  Religious  Education,  such  as  an 
assembly  hall,  library  facilities,  archives  for  the  preservation  of  records, 
books,  pamphlets,  pictures  and  relics,  etc.,  including  those  things 
pertaining  to  the  history  and  life  of  the  United  Brethren  Church. 
This  l)uilding  shall  also  be  a  social  and  religious  center  for  all  the 
students  of  the  College.  It  is  also  mutually  understood  that  the 
members  and  friends  of  the  United  Brethren  Church  shall  be  given 
access  to  this  building  whenever  desired. 

3.  Alumni.  Coe  College  agrees  to  enroll  the  graduates  of  Leander 
Clark  College  in  its  own  alumni  list,  and  to  furnish  and  certify  to 
transcripts  of  grades  earned  in  Leander  Clark  College  by  all  students 
who  have  been  in  attendance  whether  graduates  or  not. 

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4.  Trustees.  Coe  College  agrees  to  elect  to  fill  the  first  vacancies 
in  its  Board  of  trustees  five  members  to  be  nominated  bj^  the  Trustees 
of  Leander  Clark  College,  there  being  four  vacancies  at  the  present 
time;  and  further  agrees  to  keep  a  like  representation  on  said  Board  of 
Trustees  selected  in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  bj^  the  Board  of 
Education  of  the  United  Brethren  Church. 

5.  Property  and  Endowment.  Coe  College  to  guarantee  full 
fidelity  to  the  fundamental  principles  of  Evangelical  Christianity,  and 
to  the  Bible  as  the  inspired  Word  of  God.  And  in  consideration  of  this 
guaranty  Leander  Clark  College  agrees  to  transfer  to  the  Coe  College 
corporation  whatever  net  income  from  endowment  Leander  Clark 
College  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  possessed  of  that  is  transferable, 
and  also  whatever  net  income  from  the  property  of  the  college  that 
remains  after  all  just  obligations  of  said  college  are  satisfactorily 
licjuidated.  Coe  College  contracts  that  said  funds  shall  be  safeguarded 
and  the  same  expended  in  strict  accord  with  the  terms  of  the  Leander 
Clark  Foundation  as  expressly  stipulated  by  Major  Leander  Clark. 
(See  sections  5,  6,  7,  8  and  9  in  Mr.  Clark's  proposition  for  the  endow- 
ment of  Leander  Clark  College.) 

Also  it  is  a  part  of  this  agreement  and  contract  that  should  the  time 
come  when  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  Church 
of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  declared  by  two-thirds  vote  thereof, 
Coe  College  is  not  fulfilling  its  guaranty  of  full  fidelity  to  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  Evangelical  Christianity  and  to  the  Bible  as  the 
inspired  Word  of  God,  then  the  right  to  the  income  from  said  funds 
shall  revert  to  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  Church  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  to  be  used  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  the  Leander 
Clark  Foundation  within  the  territory  cooperating  with  Leander  Clark 
College  at  the  time  the  union  was  effected;  or  if  at  any  time  the  Board 
of  Education  of  the  United  Brethren  Church  considers  that  the  interests 
of  the  LInited  Brethren  Church  are  not  being  conserved  by  continuing 
the  relationship  with  Coe  College,  then  on  proper  action  of  this  Board 
cooperation  with  Coe  College  may  be  terminated  after  a  j'ear's  notice 
of  intention  to  do  so. 

Terms  of  Union  which  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Leander  Clark 

College  is  Striving  to  Carry  through  without  the  Approval 

of  Duly  Constituted  Authorities 

That  the  Vice-President  of  Leander  Clark  College  be  authorized  to 
execute  a  deed  to  H.  J.  Stiger  in  trust  for  the  city  of  Toledo  for  all  of 
the  College  real  estate  holdings  in  Toledo,  and  that  Leander  Clark 
College  of  Toledo,  Iowa,  be  consolidated  with  Coe  College  of  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  on  the  following  plan; 

1.  That  the  two  colleges  be  consolidated  under  the  name  of  Coe 
College. 

2.  That  an  amendment  to  the  articles  of  incorporation  of  Coe 
College  to  be  approved  by  the  two  colleges,  be  adopted  so  consolidating 
them,  and  that  said  articles  of  incorporation  i)rovide  for  the  carrying 
on  of  the  plan  of  education  in  accord  with  the  present  plan  of  the  two 
colleges,  we  finding  on  exam'nation  that  plan  of  education  of  the  two 
colleges  does  not  substantially  dififer,  that  both  aie  organized  as  edu- 
cational institutions  under  the  laws  of  Iowa  for  the  purpose  of  higher 
Christian  education  along  the  same  lines  and  for  the  same  purposes. 

3.  That  said  amendment  to  the  articles  of  incorporation  when  so 
adopted,  shall  contain  the  same  provisions  for  the  protection  of  the 
permanent  Endowment  I*\nid  of  Leander  Clark  College  of  Toledo, 
Iowa,  as  is  provided  by  the  articles  of  incorporation  of  said  Lcbndor 
Clark  College,  and  that  the  plan  as  submitted  by  Major  Leander  Clark 
to  Leander  Clark  College  and  ratilied  and  approved  by  it,  be  approved 
and  ratified  by  the  consolidated  college  in  the  amendment  to  the 
articles  of   incorjioration    of   Coe   College. 

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4.  That  Article  XIII  of  the  Articles  of  Incorporation  of  Leandcr 
Clark  College  he  made  and  become  a  part  of  the  articles  of  incorpora- 
tion of  the  said  consolidated  college,  the  said  Article  XIII  being 
as  follows:  "The  endowment  fund  or  funds  of  the  College  shall  be 
forever  jireserved  and  securely  invested  as  permanent  and  sacred  funds, 
the  interest  or  income  of  which  only  shall  be  used,  and  only  to  defray 
expenses  incurred  in  the  operation  of  Leander  Clark  College,  and  shall 
never  be  diverted  to  any  other  use;  and  the  endowment  fiuid  of  $15(),(XK) 
secured  under  the  proposition  made  by  Major  Leander  Clark  and 
accepted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  corporation  in  June,  1903, 
which  fund  is  commonly  known  as  the  Clark-Carnegie  Endowment, 
shall  be  held,  invested  and  its  income  used  only  and  forever  in  strict 
accord  with  the  conditions  of  tlif  iMdiiosition  under  which  it  was 
secured." 

5.  That  Leander  Clark  College  is  to  transfer  to  the  consolidated 
corporation  under  the  name  of  Coe  College,  the  fund  known  as  the 
Clark-Carnegie  Endowment  Fund  of  $150,0'(10  and  additions  thereto, 
and  the  temporary  endowment  earned  by  said  permanent  fund  under 
the  plan  as  submitted  by  Major  Leander  Clark  and  adopted  and 
ratified  by  Leander  Clark  College  and  it  shall  be  exjjended  and  used  in 
strict  accord  with  the  terms  of  said  Leander  Clark  Foundation  as 
expresslv  stipulated  I13'  Major  Leander  Clark  in  Sections  Five,  Six, 
Seven,  Eight  and  Nine  (5,  6,  7,  8  and  9)  of  his  proposition  for  the 
endowment  of  Leander  Clark  College  of  date  June  13,  1903,  and  that 
the  amendment  to  the  articles  of  incorporation  when  adopted  by  the 
consolidated  college  under  the  name  of  Coe  College,  shall  provide  for 
the  management,  control  and  investment  of  said  funds,  as  now  pro- 
vided in  the  articles  of  incorporation,  by-laws  and  the  plan  and  propo- 
sition of  Leander  Clark  of  date  June  13,   1903. 

6.  That  the  present  secretary  of  said  Endowment  Fund,  H.  J. 
Stiger  of  Toledo,  Iowa,  shall  act  as  such,  with  his  office  remaining  at 
Toledo,  Iowa,  until  the  Trustees  of  the  consolidated  college  under  the 
name  of  Coe  College  after  said  consolidation  is  fully  ])erfected,  and  the 
proper  amendment  to  the  articles  of  incorporation  adopted  and 
ai)proved,  shall  if  thej^  deem  advisable  change  the  location  of  said 
office  and  said  Endowment  Secretary. 

7.  That  the  real  estate,  buildings  and  houses  in  Toledo,  Iowa, 
including  the  campus  and  grounds  of  Leander  Clark  College  as  now 
located  at  Toledo,  Iowa,  cannot  be  used  for  any  practical  purpose  by 
the  said  consolidated  College  under  the  name  of  Coe  College,  at  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  the  said  Coe  College  as  now  located  there,  having  ample 
buildings  and  equipment  for  its  present  olan  of  education  and  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  new  College  work  after  its  consolidation,  and  we 
recommend  that  the  real  estate  belonging  to  Leander  Clark  College 
at  Toledo,  Iowa,  and  all  of  the  buildings  located  thereon,  be  not  trans- 
ferred to  the  consolidated  college  for  the  above  reasons,  it  being  of  no 
value  to  the  corporation  located  at  Cedar  Rapids,  low-a. 

8.  Trustees.  That  Coe  College  after  said  consolidation,  asreos  to 
elect  , to  fill  the  first  tixe  vacancies  in  its  Board  of  Trustees,  five  (5) 
members  to  lie  nominated  l)y  the  Trustees  of  Leander  Clark  College; 
it  being  the  purpose   and   intent   of   this   agreement  that  a  like   repre- 

_sentation  shall  be  continued  on  said  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  consoli- 
dated college,  and  after  the  said  consolidation  is  perfected  the  said  five 
Trustees  so  nominated,  representing  Leander  Clark  College,  shall 
suggest  the  names  of  additional  members  from  time  to  time  as 
vacancies  occur,  to  the  end  that  said  representation  of  fwe  members 
representing  Leander  Clark  College  shall  remain  permanently  upon 
said  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  consolidated  College. 

9.  Alumni.  That  all  of  the  graduates  of  Leander  Clark  College  are 
to  be  enrolled  in  the  Alumni  list  of  the  consolidated  Coe  College,  and 
.said  consolidated  college  will  furnish  and  certify  to  transcripts  of 
grades  earned  in  Leander  Clark  College  b_v  all  students  who  have  I)een 
in  attendance  whether  they  are  graduates  or  not. 

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10.  Faculty.  That  as  soon  as  the  consolidation  of  the  said  colleges 
is  consummated  the  said  consolidated  college  shall  take  over  as  many 
members  of  the  faculty  of  Leander  Clark  College  as  is  practicable  not 
to  exceed  such  number  as  the  income  from  the  Endowment  Fund  so  to 
be  transferred  will  support. 

11.  That  one  of  the  buildings  now  on  the  campus  of  Coe  College  at 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  or  a  new  building  to  be  erected  on  its  said  college 
grounds  when  necessary,  shall  be  designated  and  known  as  the 
"Leander  Clark  College  Building"  and  a  department  of  Christian  educa- 
tion shall  be  conducted  therein  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  said 
consolidated  college,  along  the  same  lines  and  for  the  same  purposes 
as  provided  in  the  present  plan  of  Leander  Clark  College  under  its 
By-Laws  and  Articles  of  Incorporation. 

EDUCATION  DAY 

In  accord  with  our  Church  discipline,  "There  shall  be  ob- 
served annually  in  each  congregation  an  Education  Day,  at 
which  time  pastor  and  people  shall  give  special  attention  to 
the  educational  interests  of  the  Church." 

This  provision  places  us  in  line  with  the  Protestant  Chris- 
tian forces  of  our  country.  More  than  a  score  of  the  leading 
denominations,  through  their  representatives  in  the  Council  of 
Church  Boards  of  Education,  have  agreed  upon  the  observance 
of  a  special  day  in  the  interest  of  Christian  education,  known 
as  Education  Day,  and  have  chosen  the  last  Sunday  in  Feb- 
ruary as  the  date  for  such  observance.  This  same  date  has 
been  designated  by  the  World's  Christian  Student  Federation 
as  the  Universal  Day  of  Prayer  for  Colleges  and  Students. 

We  have  endeavored  to  keep  step  with  the  Christian  world 
in  the  matter  of  observing  Education  Day,  as  far  as  possible 
cleaving  to  the  regularly  appointed  date.  This  year,  however, 
we  moved  forward  to  the  first  Sunday  in  February  at  the  be- 
hest of  our  united   movement.     This   was   done   in   order   to 


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accommodate  an  arrangement  by  which  each  department 
should  have  a  period  of  several  weeks  for  the  promotion  of 
interest  in  its  work. 

The  period  set  apart  for  the  promotion  of  Christian  educa- 
tion was  January  1  to  February  6,  the  last  date  being  Educa- 
tion Day.  We  issued  an  illustrated  booklet  of  thirty-six  pages, 
entitled  "Christian  Culture  for  Christian  Concjuest,"  which 
was  sent  out  on  order  at  five  cents  per  copy,  and  visited  about 
twelve  thousand  homes.  In  addition  to  this,  speaking  cam- 
paigns were  conducted  by  our  institutions  of  learning  in  their 
contiguous  regions,  the  presidents,  teachers,  and  many  of  the 
students  taking  part.  Our  editors  gave  whole-hearted  co- 
operation and  our  church  periodicals  carried  a  large  con- 
tent of  educational  matter  throughout  the  period.  Bishops 
and  conference  superintendents  helped  nobly  with  voice  and 
pen.  And  our  pastors,  hundreds  of  them,  threw  their  influence 
into  the  scale.  Thus  by  prayer,  information,  the  challenge  of 
our  youths  for  the  holy  work  of  the  Church,  and  emphasis 
upon  the  importance  of  education  under  Christian  influences, 
not  only  Education  Day.  but  the  whole  period  of  five  weeks, 
was  made  a  great  blessing  to  our  people. 

STANDARD  INSTITUTIONS 

To  bring  each  of  our  institutions  up  to  the  requirements  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education  for  full  accreditment  has  been 
our  determined  purpose.  Several  of  them  have  reached  this 
plane.  Others  are  nearing  full  accreditment.  Some  yet  have 
a  long  way  to  go. 

We  are  just  now  on  the  threshold  of  a  great  advance  in  the 
requirements  for  standard  institutions.  This  fact  makes  our 
case  the  more  urgent.  If  the  educational  world  would  only 
stop  a  few  years  and  hold  steady  till  we  catch  up.  But  it  will 
not  do  so.  In  no  sphere  of  activity  are  there  such  restless  im- 
pulses to  move  forward.  Every  hour  is  new  in  educational 
endeavor,  and  each  tomorrow  finds  us  in  advance  of  each  today. 

Four  years  ago  a  college  could  gain  a  foothold  on  the  edge 
of  accreditment  by  reaching  the  following  standards: — 

1.  For  admission,  four  full  years  of  work  in  a  duly  accredited 
high  school  or  academy. 

"2.  For  graduation,  four  full  years  of  collegiate  study,  includ- 
ing not  less  than  one  hundred  twenty  semester  hours. 

3.  The  master's  degree  as  the  minimum  scholastic  attain- 
ment of  each  head  of  a  department  of  instruction. 

4.  Seven  distinct  departments  in  liberal  arts,  with  the  heads 
thereof  giving  full  time  to  college  work. 

5.  Not  more  than  sixteen  teaching  hours  per  week  for  each 
professor. 

6.  A  well-selected  library  of  three  thousand  volumes. 

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7.  Laboratory  apparatus  sufficient  to  develop  and  illustrate 
the  courses  in  the  natural  sciences  and  not  less  than  $5000  in 
value. 

S.  A  ])roducti\e  endowment  of  not  less  than  $200,000. 

Ilut  recent  advances  in  some  of  the  states  now  call  for  an 
endowment  of  $500,000,  a  library  of  5000  volumes,  and  eig-ht 
distinct  departments  with  heads  thereof  giving  full  time  to 
collegiate  work.  While  the  requirements  have  been  raised  at 
several  points,  they  have  been  more  than  doubled  in  the  matter 
of  endowment.  The  endowment  requirement  has  always  been 
the  most  difficult  one  to  meet.  But  now,  even  before  all  of 
our  schools  have  reached  this  requirement  as  it  was,  it  is 
pushed  up  from  $200,000  to  $500,000  at  a  single  stroke. 

It  will  not  help  us  to  say  that  the  jump  is  too  big,  that 
the  requirement  is  too  rigid,  or  that  we  can  not  meet  it.  We 
must  undertake  the  task  anew  and  work  away  at  it  with  cour- 
age and  determination  and  clear  vision  of  our  ability,  our 
obligation,  and  our  ojiportunity.  Of  course  we  can  not  reach 
it  in  one  year,  and  in  some  instances  not  in  one  campaign. 
"Heaven  is  not  reached  by  a  single  bound."  So,  in  order  to 
reach  this  goal,  it  will  take  siege  work  from  year  to  year  and 
from  quadrennium  to  quadrennium. 

With  reference  to  this  all-important  matter  of  endowing 
our  church  schools  to  the  i)oint  of  full  accreditment  as 
standard  institutions,  there  are  several  propositions  which  are 
as  certain  as  the  stars  m  their  courses : 

1.  We  have  the  abilit}-.  There  is  no  question  about  our 
tinancial  strength  being  equal  to  the  task.  It  is  simply  a  ques- 
tion of  vision  to  see  the  way  of  duty,  of  obedience  to  God's 
conunand  and  release  for  his  service  that  which  belongs  to 
him. 

2.  A  large  and  lasting  success  will  require  the  application  of 
our  whole  strength  to  the  whole  task,  the  strong-  helping  the 
weak,  the  larger  constituencies  lending  part  of  their  resources 
to  the  smaller.  Every  unit  is  a  part  of  the  wdiole,  whether 
that  unit  be  in  the  east  or  in  the  west.  Every  region  needs  a 
standard  institution  ;  and  \i  it  is  a  region  where  we  oi)erate  as  a 
denomination,  that  need  must  be  supplied,  or  in  time  we  shall 
be  compelled  to  ret'ire  from  the  field. 

3.  There  is  little  hope  of  permanence  for  the  church  school 
which  does  not  steadily  advance  and  early  gain  rank  as  a 
standard  institution.  The  key  to  this  ])osition  is  endowment. 
Without  endowment,  accreditment  is  impossible,  the  work  is 
depreciated,  students  go  elsewhere.  Therefore  our  institutions 
must  be  endowed.  Everything  waits  on  this  item.  It  is  the 
first  stage  in  the  pathway  to  success  and  re])Utation  and  per- 
petuity. 

4.  The  cheai)est  way  to  support  our  church  schools  is  by 
means  of  endowment.  We  raise  money  for  current  expense 
and  it  is  exi)ended  and  gone,  then  it  has  to  be  raised  again 

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the  next  year  and  the  next — a  treatlniill  ])rr)cess  of  guing  all 
the  time  and  never  getting-  anywhere.  lUit  money  raised  for 
endowment  is  a  permanent  fonndation  ;  it  prochioes  money  for 
eurrent  expenses,  this  year,  next  year,  anil  e\  cry  year.  It  is  a 
stake  set  scdidly  that  will  not  need  U)  be  dug  up  again,  it  is  a 
perennial  si)ring  which  sends  forth  its  life-giving  waters  and 
never  runs  dry. 

SURVEY  AND  NEEDS 

A  committee  of  Christian  educators  was  appointed  a  few 
years  ago  l)v  the  Association  of  American  Colleges,  to  pre- 
sent measures  nf  what  an  efticient  college  should  be.  This 
committee  made  an  exhaustive  study  of  sixteen  colleges  of 
different  denominations,  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  and 
differing  in  size  and  strength.  The  collegiate  attendance  in 
these  sixteen  institutions  ranged  from  66  to  283,  their  endow- 
ments from  $44,000  to  $540,000,  their  annual  expense  budgets 
from  $22,000  to  $59,0CO,  and  the  value  of  their  plants  from 
$128,000  to  $383,000. 

The  study  of  these  institutions  enabled  them  to  strike  an 
average  in  respect  to  hours  per  week  for  students  and  teachers, 
number  of  students,  number  of  teachers,  yearly  expense 
budget,  endowment,  and  plant.  From  these  averages  they 
constructed  the  average  college.  Then  as  a  result  of  further 
study  and  comparison  with  a  still  larger  numl)er  of  institu- 
tions, they  constructed  the  efffcient  college  operating  at  a 
minimum  and  also  at  a  maximum. 

This  committee  made  its  final  report  in  January,  1917.  Tak- 
ing the  conclusions  reached,  the  efffcient  college  operating  at 
a  minimum  would  have  one  hundred  students  in  the  collegiate 
department;  eight  college  ])rofessors  besides  president, 
librarian,  four  assistant  teachers,  and  two  instructors;  fifteen 
recitation  hours  per  week  for  students,  and  fifteen  teaching 
hours  per  week  for  teachers  ;  annual  expense  btidget  of  $36,000  ; 
plant  worth  $350,000  ;  endowment  of  $400,000. 

This  would  mean  for  every  collegiate  student  an  investment 
of  $3,500  in  plant  and  equipment,  and  an  investment  of  $4,000 
in  endowment.  In  the  case  of  a  junior  college  it  was  estimated 
that  its  academy  should  be  included  for  total  assets  of  $200,000, 
and  then  the  regular  amount  as  just  given  l)e  added  for  every 
student  of  collegiate  rank. 

'Applying  to  our  colleges  the  norm  reached  as  a  result  of  the 
exhaustive  study  of  the  committee  above  referred  to,  the  imme- 
diate needs  of  each  one  in  order  to  become  an  efficient  college 
is  shown  in  the  followinsT:  table  : 


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Present  Possessions  of  our  Colleges,  and  Present  Needs  in 
Order  to  Become  Efficient 

Plant  and 

Institution  Equipment  Endowment 

Otterbein  College— Should  have   $1,207,500  $1,380,000 

Now  has 625,790  392,915 

Now  needs   .............$    581,710        $   987,085 

Lebanon  Valley  College— Should  have  ......$    735,000        $    840,000 

Now  has 318,510  362,750 

Now  needs  .......$    416,490         $    477,250 

Indiana  Central  University— Should  have    ..$     423.500        $     484.000 
Now    has ......... .      134.315  423.812 

Now    needs.... $     289,185         $       60,188 

Kansas  City  University— Should  have  .......$    350.000         $    400.000 

Now    has    226,000  133,000 

Now  needs.. $    124,000         $    267,000 

York  College— Should  have ......$    399,000         $    456,000 

Now  has  122,248  %,967 

Now    needs.. .$    276,752        $    359,033 

Philomath  College— Should  have ....$    350,000        $    400,000 

Now    has    44.000  90.000 

Now   needs    ............$    306,000        $    310,000 

Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institute,  being  a  prepar- 
atory school — Should  have  total  assets  of ..  .$200,000 
It  has 137,500 

Now  needs   .  . $  62,500 

This  table  shows  that  these  seven  institutions  need  a  total 
of  $4,517,193  to  make  them  efficient  in  caring  for  the  students 
now  in  attendance.  If  we  were  to  raise  this  amount,  of  course 
we  should  not  distribute  it  in  exact  accord  with  the  figures 
given  above,  for  obvious  reasons. 

While  assets  ol  $200,000  will  provide  for  an  ordinary 
academy.  Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institute  is  an  extraordinary 
academy,  with  two  or  three  times  as  many  students  as  the 
average;  and  soon,  if  not  already,  will  be  doing  a  year  or  two 
of  collegiate  work.     Hence  its  needs  are  far  above  $62,500. 

According  to  the  findings  f)f  the  committee,  a  college  with 
100  collegiate  students  or  less  should  have  an  investment  of 
$350,000  in  plant  and  equij)mcnt,  and  an  investment  of  $400,000 
in  endowment.  Philomath  College  and  Kansas  City  Univer- 
sity come  in  this  class.  York  College  and  Indiana  Central 
University  each  has  more  than  100  students  of  collegiate  rank, 
so  their  investment  in  plant  and  equipment  and  endowment 

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would  need  to  he  a  little  larp^er  in  order  to  reach  the  standard 
of  efficiency.  Lehanon  Valley  Colleg^e  and  Otterhein  College 
are  fiijured  on  the  hasis  of  their  ct)llegiate  students,  210  in  the 
former  and  345  in  the  latter. 

Certainly,  in  estimating  the  needs  of  any  one  instituticMi,  or 
all  of  them,  the  constituency  served,  the  reasonahle  possibili- 
ties of  growth,  accreditment  with  state  boards  of  education  or 
the  lack  of  it.  would  all  be  factors  in  the  problem. 

But  viewed  from  any  angle  the  needs  are  great,  and  we  must 
allow  Christian  education  a  larger  place  in'  the  life  of  the 
denomination  if  we  are  to  fill  out  God's  program  for  us  and 
become  the  mighty  agency  He  wants  us  to  be  in  helping  to 
establish  His  Kingdom  among  men. 

ASSETS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  MARCH  31.  1921 

Funded    Loans    $27,385.40 

Beneficiary  Loans 3\Si622\ 

Collegiate  Scholarship  Fund  Loans 8,608.0(1 

Cash  on  Hand 4.703.83 

$71,759.44 
Overdraft  on  Collegiate  Scholarship   lunid. 139.58 

Net  Assets •  • .$71,619.86 

We  also  have  beneficiary  loans  of  doubtful  value  in  the  sum  of  $6,035. 
SoiTie  of  these  loans  were  made  in  the  old  century  and  some  of  the 
parties  cannot  be  found,  so  I  have  not  listed  them  as  assets. 

The  sum  represented  by  the  funded  loans  is  the  nucleus  of  a  perma- 
nent fund  as  authorized  by  the  Board  in  May,  1918. 

NEEDS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

The  assets  of  the  Board  are  very  small  as  shown  above, 
especially  when  we  consider  the  fact  that  we  have  been  oper- 
ating since  1879,  a  period  of  42  years.  The  Board's  of  Educa- 
tion of  some  of  the  Christian  bodies  of  our  size  and  smaller, 
have  as  large  an  income  in  a  single  year  as  our  total  assets 
after  42  years'  work. 

I  have  mentioned,  in  another  j)aragraph,  the  collegiate 
scholarship  fund.  There  are  345  life-work  recruits  in  our 
colleges  this  year,  pursuing  their  collegiate  courses  of  study  for 
the  ministry  and  missionary  service.  We  ought  to  assist  them 
all,  or  nearly  all,  for  as  a  rule  they  come  from  humble  homes. 
But  ii  we  were  to  assist  300  of  them  in  the  sum  of  $100  a  year, 
we  should  need  an  annual  income  of  SvSO.OOO  for  this  purpose. 
It  would  require  a  collegiate  scholarship  fund  of  $500,000 
mvested  at  six  percent  to  prodvice  this  annual  income. 

Not  all  ministerial  students  could  hope  to  receive  gifts 
through  scholarship  funds.  Even  in  the  large  calculations  just 
given,  provision  was  not  made  for  all.  Hence  many  would 
have  to  be  satisfied  with  loans  without  interest.  This  class 
will  be  large  in  the  days  just  ahead,  for  already  more  than 
1600  have  joined  the  life  work  recruits.  The  most  of  them 
will  go  to  college  and  prepare  to  make  their  lives  count,  and 
greatly  increased  numbers  will  call   for  help  from  our  bene- 

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nciary  loan  fund.  Tt  should  be  more  than  doubled,  hence  the 
need  of  $50,000  more  for  this  purpose. 

Shall  we  strive  to  exercise  religious  care  over  the  many 
United  Brethren  young-  people  attending  state  schools?  They 
go  for  the  technical  courses  and  for  graduate  work,  fields  not 
covered  in  our  church  schools.  They  are  our  own  young  peo- 
ple. We  shall  save  them  to  the  Church  if  we  interest  ourselves 
in  them  and  look  after  them.  Other  denominations  do  it.  Is 
there  any  reason  why  we  should  not  do  so?  It  will  take  some 
money.  The  sum  of  $50,000  for  this  interest  would  be  a  fine 
investment. 

The  Board  of  Education  should  be  in  a  position  to  help  the 
colleges  in  time  of  special  stress.  Other  denominational 
Boards  of  Education  do  this.  The  counsel  of  the  Board  will 
mean  much  more  to  the  colleges  when  we  have  some  money  to 
go  along  with  it.  The  sum  of  $50,000  would  be  a  start  ir.  this 
line  of  service. 

No  one  will  question  the  necessity  of  $50,000  for  adminis- 
tration the  ensuing  quadrennium,  to  cover  postage,  express, 
telephone,  of^ce  rent,  office  equipment,  stationery,  printing, 
tra\eling  expense  of  officers  and  members  of  the  Board, 
stenographic  help,  salary  of  general  secretary,  and  fees  in  inter- 
church  bodies. 

The  building  of  a  denomination  depends  upon  the  builders. 
Anv  thoughtful  person  can  see  at  a  glance  how  the  supply  of 
these  needs  would  improve  and  multiply  the  builders  and  thus 
speed  up  the  processes  necessary  to  lift  our  membership  from 
less  than  four  hundred  thousand  to  a  million. 

PROGRESS  IN  EDUCATION 

In  the  matter  of  education,  our  country  early  gained  rank  in 
the  van.  There  was  a  period  of  only  sixteen  years  between  the 
landing  at  Plymouth  Rock  and  the  founding  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege. The  Virginia  colonists  took  out  a  charter  for  a  college 
twelve  years  after  the  settlement  at  Jamesto\\n.  These  begin- 
nings were  pursued  and  Imilt  upon  throughout  the  colonial 
days. 

When  we  came  to  the'  establishment  of  an  independent 
government,  the  interest  in  education  continued  to  grow  with 
the  growth  of  the  new  nation.  Among  the  earliest  acts  of 
Congress  was  the  Bill  of  1787,  providing  for  the  government  of 
the  Northwest  Territory,  and  containing  the  memorable  words  : 
"Religion,  morality  and  knowledge  being  necessary  to  good 
government  and  the  ha])i)iness  of  mankind,  schools  and  the 
means  of  education  shall  be  forever  encouraged."  One  of  the 
provisions  of  this  i\ct  was  that  in  every  township  section  10 
should  be  given  to  education  and  section  29  should  bcigiven 
for  ])urposes  of  religion,  i'.ducation  and  religion  were 
inseparable  in  the  minds  ot  the  tatlicrs.  They  were  right,  and 
we  must  come  back  U>  their  idea  or  ultimately  face  extinction 
and  ruin. 

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While  the  i^TdWlli  of  education  in  our  ccnntry  all  tlirnug-h 
the  nineteenth  century  was  soniethini^  niar\elous.  the  trend 
toward  education  has  become  even  stronjjer  in  this  century  and 
men  are  saving-  that  "America's  ruling  jiassion  is  for  education." 
The  World  War  nn  doubt  strengthened  this  imi)ulse.  It 
revealed  the  need  of  trained  armies,  and  laid  hold  of  every 
possible  de\  ice  that  science  could  in\ent  to  checkmate  and  dis- 
comfit the  foe.  ( )ut  of  the  great  ui)lieaval  has  come  a  deeper 
consciousness  of  the  need  of  trained  citizens.  Hence  we  find 
the  whole  realm  of  civilization  now  permeated  with  a  new^ 
interest  in  education.  This  new  interest  in  education  is  espe- 
ciallv  dominant  in  our  own  land,  (jigantic  appropriations  are 
being  made  for  ])ublic  schools  of  all  grades  from  kindergarten 
to  university,  with  a  view'  to  the  increase  of  knowledge,  the 
greater  efiicienc}'  in  vocation,  the  training  and  mobilization  of 
the  nation  not  simply  to  withstand  the  attack  of  armies,  but 
also  to  preserve  the  principles  of  liberty  and  justice  for  the 
human  race. 

It  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that  the  youths  of  the  nation  are 
going  to  our  institutions  of  learning  in  greatly  increased  num- 
l)ers.  The  colleges  are  crowded  to  the  doors  with  earnest, 
expectant  students.  The  church  colleges  are  included  among 
those  whose  halls  are  thronged  by  larger  ntimbers,  for  there 
has  also  come  a  new  appreciation  of  Christian  education. 
Chtirchmen  and  all  thotightful  persons  understand  that  "knowl- 
edge is  power."  but  they  are  also  seeing  in  clearer  light  the 
great  truth  that  power  is  a  dangerous  thing  when  possessed  by 
those  who  are  minded  to  do  evil,  and  that  it  is  safe  and  valuable 
only  when  possessed  by  those  of  good  character  and  right 
ideals. 

"Xine-tenths  of  the  calamities  ^vhich  have  befallen  the 
human  race  had  no  other  origin  than  the  union  of  high  intelli- 
gence WMth  low  desire."  These  are  the  memorable  words  of 
^Iacauley.  We  do  well  to  bear  them  in  mind.  AVithout  (jues- 
tion.  the  worthy  elements  in  our  national  character,  and  those 
which  have  made  the  nation  great,  have  grown  out  of  a  union 
of  high  intelligence  with  high  desire.  This  combination  is  the 
fruitage  of  Christian  education,  and  man  is  at  his  best  when 
he  has  the  aid  of  this  kind  of  education.  It  produces  the  type 
of  character  required  by  democratic  government  and  by  Christ- 
ian civilization. 

This  new  awakening  in  education  will  stamp  our  future  with 
gopd,  if  it  is  Christianized  ;  with  evil,  if  it  is  not.  As  to  wliich 
it  shall  be  depends  upon  the  attittide  of  the  Church.  There  i-> 
no  other  agency  to  assume  and  accomplish  this  task.  If  the 
Church  fails,  it  will  be  left  undone. 

Shall  the  Church  assume  this  obligation  or  reject  it?  To 
reject  it  wall  result  in  a  decline  of  Protestant  Christianity, 
retrogression  in  social,  civic  and  political  affairs,  and  the  march 
of  civilization  backward  to  the  dark  ages.  'J'o  assume  it  half 
heartedly  and  to  give  only  feeble  efforts  toward  its  accom- 
l)lishment  will  mean  but  little  more  than  to  reject  it. 


There  is,  therefore,  only  one  pathway  left  us ;  the  pathway  of 
duty  to  assume  anew  the  task  of  Christian  education  and 
prosecute  it  with  the  maximum  of  our  means,  our  vigor,  and 
our  determination.  It  involves  bringing  all  our  church  schools 
up  to  the  standard  of  efficiency  and  accreditment  at  the  earliest 
possible  date,  to  do  which  it  will  be  necessary  to  make  Christ- 
ian education  bulk  much  larger  than  ever  before  in  our  promo- 
tional and  financial  efforts.  It  also  involves  the  rapid  increase 
of  attendance  at  our  church  schools  and  recruiting  Christian 
ministers,  Christian  missionaries  and  Christian  teachers  on  a 
far  larger  scale  than  we  have  hitherto  contemplated  or 
attempted  ;  and  also  the  raising  up  and  sending  forth,  into  the 
various  ])ursuits  and  professions  of  this  busy  world,  thousands 
and  thousands  of  our  young  men  and  young  women,  trained  in 
heart  and  brain,  filled  with  the  spirit  of  altruism,  to  take  their 
places  as  lay  leaders  in  the  Church,  and  to  represent  Jesus 
Christ  and  emulate  his  example  in  all  the  walks  of  life.  Not 
without  a  well-qualified  and  consecrated  ministerial  leadership, 
and  not  without  a  well-qualified  and  consecrated  lay  leadership, 
shall  we  be  able  to  make  the  gospel  dominant  in  our  own  land 
and  carry  it  to  others.  Both  are  absolutely  essential,  and  to 
both  alike  the  Cliristian  college  is  the  main  contributing  factor. 

CONCLUSION 

In  the  light  of  our  educational  obligations  and  opportunities 
as  a  growing  Christian  denomination,  it  should  be  our  policy : — 

To  build  and  maintain  standard  institutions  of  learning, 
and  to  provide  generously  for  them  with  a  view  to  this  end. 

To  uphold  the  noblest  Christian  ideals  in  all  our  educational 
work,  maintaining  faculties  made  up  of  men  and  women  w^ho 
are  aggressive  in  both  Christian  and  educational  leadership, 
and  ever  keeping  in  mind  the  basic  truth  that  the  Church 
school  is  a  training  agency  for  Christian  service. 

To  keep  open  on  behalf  of  our  institutions  tlie  approach  to 
our  Sunday  schools  and  Christian  Endeavor  societies,  with  the 
set  purpose  of  turning  greatly  increased  numbers  of  our 
young  people  to  our  own  church  schools. 

My  best  efforts  and  wl]ole  strength  have  been  given  to  the 
task  assigned  me.  The  most  of  my  time  has  been  devoted 
to  the  field.  When  absolutely  -necessary  to  be  in  the  office, 
the  days  were  stretched  to  the  limit  so  as  to  get  back  to  the 
firing  line  again  as  soon  as  possible.  Have  traveled  122,062 
miles.  deli\ered  572  sermons  and  addresses  l>esides  many  inci- 
dental talks,  carried  a  big  grist  of  promotion  work,  raised  more 
than  $100,000  on  the  field  not  counting  almost  as  much  more 
secured  at  dedications  and  new-church  days.  I  gratefully 
acknowledge  the  help  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Board,  and  the  kindness  of  the  brethren  tlirough- 
out  the  Church.  A  strenuous  (|ua(lrennium,  l)ut  tiic  Master's 
presence  has  made  h.ard  toil  a  delight  and  caused  the  long  days 
to  overflow  with  joy. 

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Thirteenth  Quadrennial  Report 

of  the  Manager  of 

U/ie  f^oneorake 

U fieo  loo  leal 

C^emlnaru 

to  the 

GENERAL  CONFERENCE 


Indianapolis,  Indiana 
May  12,  1921 


J.  E.  FOUT.  Manager 


The  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary 
Thirteenth  Quadrennial  Report 

To  the  Bishops  and  Delegates  of  the  Twenty-eighth  General  Conference: 
Greeting: 

In  submitting  this.  n\\  third  quadrennial  report,  we  desire  first  of  all  to 
express  our  thankfulness  to  Almighty  God  for  His  grace  and  mercy  and  guid- 
ance through  these  years.  The  work  of  the  quadrennium  has  been  difficult,  but 
pleasant,  and  we  believe  successful.  The  Executive  and  Building  Committees 
have  worked  faithfully  and  given  great  assistance  to  the  Manager. 

Before  giving  this  report,  we  pause  to  note  that  during  the  quadrennium 
two  of  the  faithful  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  called  to  their 
reward.  Mr.  A.  A.  Moore,  of  Barberton,  Ohio,  went  to  his  crowning  early  in 
the  quadrennium,  and  Mr.  C.  L.  Graj'bill,  of  Lancaster,  Pennsj^vania,  one  of  the 
very  strong  business  men  in  East  Pennsylvania  Conference,  was  elected  to  fill 
the  vacancy.  Bishop  G.  M.  Mathews.  Senior  Bishop,  and  for  twelve  j'cars 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seminary,  was  called  to  his  reward 
at  the  close  of  the  quadrennium,  April  3,  1921.  Bishop  Wm.  M.  Bell,  D.D.,  was 
elected  President  of  the  Board. 

OLD  BUILDING  AND  GROUNDS 

The  dormitory  rooms  have  been  re-decorated  during  the  quadrennium  and 
the  building  kept  in  as  good  condition  as  possible.  The  halls  and  chapel  were 
re-decorated,  giving  the  old  building  a  neat  and  clean  appearance. 

LIBRARY 

The  Librarj'  was  re-decorated  and  some  new  shelving  and  electric  lights 
installed.  Space  was  given  in  a  room  on  the  second  floor  for  many  of  the  old 
books,  giving  place  for  new  books  and  greater  use  of  those  left  on  the  shelves. 

FIELD  AGENTS 

Rev.  L.  P.  Cooper  worked  steadily  during  the  quadrennium  until  we  w^ere 
requested  to  take  him  out  of  the  field  on  account  of  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement  work.     He  did  good  work  and  rendered  very  faithful  service. 

Rev.  D.  T.  Gregor}-,  Rev.  Paul  E.  V.  Shannon,  Rev.  Wm.  Paul  Hollar, 
Rev.  J.  W.  Wright,  the  Faculty  of  the  Seminary,  and  a  number  of  pastors  did 
valuable  service  in  the  Seminary  campaign  which  we  launched  and  successfully 
carried  forward  until  the  United  Enlistment  Drive  started. 

FARM  LANDS 

The  General  Conference  of  1917  made  the  following  recommendation: 
"That  all  feal  estate  not  reserved  for  Seminary  purposes,  acquired  by  purchase 
or  gift,  be  converted  into  cash  and  invested  in  first  mortgages  or  other  safe 
securities  as  soon  as  possible." 

The  Gepford  property;  consisting  of  a  small  house  and  thirteen  (\3)  acres 
of  ground,  located  about  two  and  one-half  miles  from  West  Salem,  Ohio,  was 
sold  for  $1900.00.  This  property  was  on  our  books  at  $2000.00,  having  been 
taken  in  on  the  annuity  plan  at  that  valuation.  However,  Mrs.  Gepford.  who 
gave  the  land,  consented  to  the  sale  and  reduced  the  annuity  bond  to  $1900.00. 

The  Friedley  farm,  consisting  of  132  acres,  w-as  sold  for  $4500.00.  It  was 
carried  on  our  books  at  $3885.82. 

The  Peckham  farm,  consisting  of  80  acres,  located  near  Sidney,  Ohio,  was 
sold  for  $12,000.00.     It  was  on  our  books  at  $11,344.24. 

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We  have  also  sold  the  Kansas  Ranch,  and  all  of  our  un-platted  land  in 
Dayton  View,  except  what  was  reserved  for  the  new  Seminary  site. 

Concerning  the  sale  of  the  Dayton  View  real  estate  and  the  Kansas  Ranch, 
we  will  give  you  the  history  in  detail. 

DAYTON  VIEW  REAL  ESTATE. 

When  the  present  incumbent  took  charge  of  the  business  management  of 
the  Seminary,  July  1,  1909,  his  first  work  was  to  secure  the  closing  of  Euclid 
Avenue  between  First  and  Monument,  under  order  of. the  Board  of  Directors, 
at  a  meeting  held  in  May  of  that  year.  The  closing  of  Euclid  Avenue  was 
secured,  and  acting  under  direction  of  the  Board  and  Executive  Committee, 
plans  were  drawn  looking  toward  the  remodeling  of  the  old  building 
and  the  erection  of  a  group  of  buildings  on  the  old  site.  Upon  investi- 
gation by  actual  measurements,  we  found  these  buildings  would  crowc^ 
the  grounds  greatly.  At  the  same  time,  complaints  from  the  student  body 
with  reference  to  odors  from  the  Packing  Plant  located  just  a  short  distance 
northwest  of  these  grounds  were  called  to  the  attention  of  the  Executive 
Committee.  After  careful  investigation,  the  Executive  Committee  called  the 
Trustees  of  the  Seminary,  residing  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  to  a  conference  here 
in  March,  1911.  These  Trustees  constituted  a  majority  of  the  Board.  They 
were  given  the  facts  and  taken  to  view  the  ground  contemplated  for  the  new 
site,  consisting  of  about  twenty  acres.  This  is  the  identical  ground  on  which  the 
new  buildings  are  now  being  erected. 

The  Trustees  agreed  unanimousl}^  with  the  Executive  Committee  .and 
Manager  that  the  ground  in  Dayton  View  should  be  purchased  and  the  Semin- 
ary moved  to  that  location.  Previous  to  this  the  Manager  had  secured  an 
option  on  these  twenty  acres  until  April  1.  While  the  Trustees  who  were  present 
could  take  no   official  action,  they   each   signed  the  following  statement: 

"We,  the  undersigned  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  The  Bone- 
brake  Theological  Seminary,  having  met  with  the  Executive  Committee  and  the 
Manager  and  considered  the  matter  of  improving  the  grounds  and  buildings, 
would  recommend — - 

First — That  no  improvements  be  made  on  the  present  grounds  before 
the   next   Board   meeting. 

Second — That  we  approve  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  Manager  tak- 
ing advantage  of  the  option  on  the  twenty  acres  of  ground  known  as  the  Garber 
Tract." 

This  resolution  was  signed  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Lillv,  D.D..,  Rev.  A.  A.  Long, 
D.D.,  Rev.  U.  M.  Roby,  D.D.,  Rev.  A.  C.  Siddall,  D.D.,  Rev.  W.  O.  Fries,  D.D., 
and  Judge  S.  W.  Lott,  all  of  whom  were  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  Seminary  at  that  time. 

In  harmony  with  this  resolution  and  the  unanimous  opinion  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  these  twenty  acres  were  purchased  April  1,  1911.  When  the 
Board  of  Trustees  convened  in  their  regular  session  in  May,  1911,  the  members 
of  the  Board  were  taken  in  a  Uody  over  the  new  site  selected.  The  Ways 
and  Means  Committee  made  the  following  report: 

First — "We  heartily  commend  the  •  management  of  the  Seminary,  and 
rejoice  in  the  progress  it  has  made  in  the  past  year. 

Second — We  express  ourselves  as  favorable  to  the  re-location  of  the 
Seminary,  which,  in  our  judgment,  would  largely  increase  its  efficiency  and 
bring  the  entire  Church  more  fully  in  harmonj'  with  its  purpose  and  work.  The 
exact  location  to  be  determined  by  the  Manager  and  Executive   Committee." 

The  "exact  location"  referred  to  above  grew  out  of  the  fact  that  the 
Board  members,  when  they  saw  the  ground  adjacent  to  the  new  site  felt  that 
the  woods  north  of  the  site  selected,  containing  thirty  and  one-half  acres,  and  the 
piece  of  land  directly  west  of  it,  containing  twenty-seven  and  oine-half  acres, 
should  be  purchased.  If  such  could  be  accomplished,  the  understanding  was  that 
the  site  for  our  new  buildings  should  be  located  so  that  they  would  occupy  parts 

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of  each  of  these  pieces  of  ground,  thus  guaranteeing  the  institution  the  privilege 
of  protecting  its  environment  by  controlling  the  sale  of  lots  adjacent  to  its 
location.  This  report  was  signed  bj'  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee,  composed 
of  Bishop  W.  M.  Weokley.  Hon.  John  Al.  llulitt,  and  Judge  S.  W.  Lott. 

I  quote  from  my  last  quadrennial  report '• 

"On  July  3  of  that  year  the  Manager  was  asked  to  meet  with  the  members 
of  the  Executive  Committee  who  were  in  the  city  and  certain  other  officials 
and  prominent  men  of  the  Church  for  a  conference  at  the  Phillips  House,  July  4. 
Previous  to  this  time  there  was  no  thought  of  increasing  our  holdings  beyond 
the  two  pieces  of  ground  indicated  I)y  the  P)Oard  of  Trustees  adjacent  to  the 
site  purchased.  We  met  at  the  Phillii^s  House  according  to  appointment.  Con- 
fidence in  securing  a  very  large  gift  from  a  well-known  philanthropist  was 
expressed  \)y  persons  present,  which  gift  comprehended  the  removal  of  one 
of  our  institutions  of  learning  to  Dayton.  The  Executive  Committee  and 
Manager  were  asked  to  purchase  additional  land  adjoining  what  we  had  until 
the  matter  of  the  gift  could  be  consummated.  We  oI)jected,  and  said  we  could 
not  do  it.  Then  it  was  stated  that  it  was  not  the  thought  that  the  Seminary 
should  assume  any  financial  responsiliility  in  the  matter;  that  they  were 
willing  to  put  up  a  written  guarantee  to  the  effect  that  if  the  contemplated 
gift  was  not  secured  by  October  1,  1911,  they  would  form  a  company  and  take 
t!ie  real  estate  off  the  hands  of  the  Seminary.  In  this  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee who  were  present  concurred.  These  men  were  honest  in  their  convic- 
tions and  purposes,  but  it  was  insisted  that  we  could  not  purchase  additional 
land,  for  the  Seminary  had  no  money  out  of  which  to  make  the  purchase. 
It  was  stated  that  we  were  willing  to  make  the  purchases  on  the  conditions 
named,  in  case  the  Treasurer  thought  it  was  feasible  and  he  would  furnish  the 
money.  We  adjourned  to  the  office  of  the  Treasurer  and  he  agreed  that  it  was 
a  desirable  thing  and  that  he  would  undertake  to  furnish  the  means. 

If  this  could  have  been  accomplished,  the  greatest  thing  for  our  educational 
work,  perhaps  in  our  history,  would  have  been  achieved.  But  the  gift  was  not  se- 
cured and  the  guarantee  not  met.  When  the  Trustees  convened  in  their  regular 
session,  April  26,  1912,  they  were  taken  over  this  real  estate  and  all  of  it  shown 
to  them.  B)'  request,  we  met  that  afternoon  in  executive  session  and  the 
guarantee  and  every  fact  connected  with  the  entire  transaction  was  explained 
to  the  Trustees  in  detail.  Nothing  was  withheld.  The  Alanager  stated  em- 
phatically that  the  entire  matter  was  up  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  that 
he  would  abide  their  decision.  No  coercion  was  used,  nor  undue  influence 
brought  to  bear  upon  the  Board  either  by  the  Manager  or  anyone  else  so  far 
as  he  knows.  In  answer  to  a  query  at  that  meeting,  as  to  whether  we  could 
carry  this  real  estate,  the  Manager  stated  that  in  his  judgment  we  could  carry 
it,  provided  we  had  the  support  of  the  entire  Board  of  Trustees.  At  this 
executive  session  it  was  decided  that  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  should 
report  the  decision  of  the  Board  at  its  regular  session.  This  committee 
reported  as  follows: 

"Item  5. — New  Seminary  Site: — That  we  approve  of  the  purchase  during 
the  year  of  the  lands  adjacent  to  the  new  Seminary  site  and  that  we  recommend 
that  no  further  purchases  be  made  in  connection  with  said  site  without  the 
consent  of  the  Board." 

'Item  -12. — Appreciation: — In  view  of  the  splendid  financial  achievement 
of  the  Management  during  the  last  year,  we  therefore  express  our  most  hearty 
appreciation  of  the  same,  and  recommend  that  in  the  coming  year  the  same 
policy  be  pursued  in  providing  for  the  Greater  Seminar}-,  and  further,  we  be- 
speak for  the  General  Manager,  Dr.  J.  E.  Pout,  D.D.,  the  confidence  and  hearty 
cooperation  of  the  whole   Church." 

This  report  was  signed  by  the  committee  on  Ways  and  Aleans,  consisting 
of  Bishop  W.  M.  Weekley,  Chairman,  Rev.  W.  O.  Fries,  Secretary  and  Judge 
S.  W.  Lott. 

Thus  the  Board  of  Trustees  shared  willingly  and  fully  the  responsibility  of 
the  transaction.  When  the  above  action  was  taken,  it  released  all  parties 
connected  with  the  guarantee  for  the  purchase  of  the  Dayton  View  real  estate 
and  left  the  matter  in  the  hands  of  the  Board  entirely. 

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In  this  same  report  of  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means,  Item  8  reads 
as  follows: — "That  the  Executive  Committee  be  empowered  to  borrow  such 
sums  of  money  as  may  be  needed  to  protect  present  holdings  in  connection 
with  the  new  site,  and  to  execute  such  mortgages  as  may  be  required  to  secure 
said  loans." 

June  21,  1917,  immediately  following  the  last  General  Conference,  the  Board 
of  Trustees  was  called  to  meet  in  extra  session,  at  which  time  the  Manager 
gave  at  length  the  history  of  the  purchase  of  this  land,  and  requested  that  the 
Board  appoint  a  committee  to  verify  his  report  by  the  records.  The  Chair 
appointed  Bishop  C.  J.  Kephart,  Rev.  I.  E.  Runk,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  C.  E.  Heisel, 
D.D.     This  committee  reported  as  follows: 

"We,  your  committee  to  verify  the  report  of  Dr.  J.  E.  Fout,  General 
Manager  of  the  Seminary,  relative  to  the  inanagement  of  the  institution,  report 
as  follows: 

"We  have  carefully  examined  the  records  as  to  resolutions  and  action  taken 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  Executive  Committee  pertaining  to  the  purchase 
and  disposal  of  our  Dayton  View  real  estate,  and  find  they  verify  completely 
the  statements  of  Dr.  J.  E.  Fout,  General  Manager  of  The  Bonebrake  Theo- 
logical Seminar}^  as  made  in  his  report.'  " 

At  the  same  meeting  the  Board  unanimously  adopted,  by  rising  vote,  the 
following  resolution: 

"That  having  made  a  careful  and  extended  examination  of  the  manage- 
ment of  The  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary  under  the  supervision  and 
direction  of  Dr.  J.  E.  Fout,  we  desire  to  express  our  most  hearty  endorsement 
of  his  life  of  active  service  and  his  careful  business  management  of  the  business 
of  this  institution,  and  commend  him  to  the  fullest  confidence  of  the  Church 
and  its  friends  in  his  untiring  efforts  for  the  permanent  establishment  and  up- 
building of  our  School  of  the   Prophets." 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  May  2,  1919,  the  Manager 
reported  as  follows: 

"With  reference  to  the  Dayton  View  real  estate — this  has  been  a  problem 
with  which  the  Manager  and  Executive  Committee  have  struggled  for  years. 
Many  times  we  have  been  ready  to  give  up  in  despair  and  let  it  go.  But  the 
fact  that  the  Manager  permitted  the  deal  to  go  through  whereby  on  a  written 
guarantee  against  loss  to  the  Seminar}^,  by  those  whom  he  trusted,  we  secured 
this  land,  held  him  true  and  made  him  resolve  to  never  desert  the  ship,  nor  take 
her  into  another  port  than  the  one  which  would  give  her  complete  protection 
from  loss.     My  Committee  felt  the  same  way  about  this  matter. 

"This  morning  we  are  glad  to  announce  to  you  that  the  Dayton  View  real 
estate  has  been  sold  without  loss  to  this  institution  and  $1000  paid  to  bind  the 
contract  of  sale  until  proper  transfer  can  be  made.  The  purchase  price  is 
$250,0'00.00  and  includes  only  our  unplatted  land  lying  west  of  Catalpa  Drive, 
south  of  Salem  Avenue,  north  of  Cornell  Drive  and  on  both  sides  of  Phila- 
delphia road,  excepting  the  19^  acres  which  you  reserved  for  the  new  Semin- 
ary site.  This  gives  you  $250,000.00  plus  your  new  site,  which,  today,  is  worth 
conservatively  $40,COO;  and  your  32  lots — 7  of  which  were  sold  a  few  weeks 
ago  for  $7000,  and  for  the  remainii^g  25  the  contract  is  ready  to  be  signed  for 
$1000  each,  if  you  so  order,  making  a  total  of  $32,000  for  these  lots.  This  gives 
you  a  total  of  $322,000  for' this  ground,  which  cost  you  $207,700  in  1911." 

Not  one  penny  was  paid  to  anybody  as  commission  for  this  sale.  The 
Board  passed  the  following  resolution  of  appreciation: 

"Resolved,  That  we  hereby  express  our  hearty  gratitude  to  God  for  Plis 
kindness  in  leading  us,  through  the  earnest  work  of  our  General  Manager  and 
others,  to  the  encouraging  and  helpful  disposition  of  our  Dayton  View  property, 
and  to  our  hopeful  outlook  for  the  erection  of  our  new  buildings.  And  we  now 
turn  our  hearts  to  God  anew,  and  also  assure  Dr.  Fout,  our  Business  Manager, 
of  our  hearty  cooperation  in  the  great  work  now  before  him  and  us  and  the 
Church."  ' 

At  this  same  meeting  the  Board  of  Trustees  approved  the  sale  of  the 
Dayton    View   land,  which  approval   carried  with   it   their   obligation   to   begin 

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the  erection  of  two  buildings  not  later  tliaii  the  autumn  of  1919,  and  to  complete 
them,  the  Administration  and  Dormitory  Buildings,  on  or  about  January  1,  1921. 
This  action  was  conservative  on  the  part  of  tiic  Board  and  worthy  of  commenda- 
tion, because  at  a  meeting  of  the  Hoard  of  Trustees  held  October  28,  1914, 
when  one  of  our  prominent  churchmen  was  asked  to  take  over  the  sale  by 
platting  these  Dayton  View  lan<ls,  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  that  time  adopted 
the  following  resolution: 

"That  the  17  acres  above  referred  to,  be,  and  it  is  hereby  reserved  from 
sale  for  the  purpose  of  providing  a  site  for  the  erection  of  not  less  than  five 
Seminary  Buildings,  which  our  said  agent  will  be  authorized  to  advertise  and 
represent,  are  to  be  constructed  at  the  earliest  possible  J,ime."  However,  this 
gentleman  was  not  permitted  to  carry  out  his  plan  because  of  his  inability 
to  control  his  time. 

In  November,  1919,  the  Olmstcad  Brothers,  who  were  employed  as  land- 
scape architects,  to  give  us  the  proper  location  for  our  New  Buildings  and  the 
parking  of  our  grounds,  recommended  the  securing  of  the  land  lying  between 
the  new  Seminary  site  and  Catalpa  Drive. 

The  Executive  Committee  and  resident  Trustees  heartily  agreed  with 
recommendations  and  ordered  us  to  purchase  the  same,  which  we  did,  giving 
the  Upper  Dayton  View  Development  Company  credit  on  the  second  mort- 
gage we  hold  from  them  on  the  land.  The  cost  was  $14,826,  or  $2100  per  acre. 
The  Board  members  at  the  meeting  last  year,  when  they  saw  the  land,  were 
greatly  pleased  that  it  had  been  purchased.  This  gave  us  almost  27  acres  for 
our  new  site. 

This  Dayton  View  real  estate  consisted  of  269^^  acres  of  unplatted  ground, 
lying  on  either  side  of  Philadelphia  Road,  north  of  Cornell  Drive  and  south  of 
Salem  Avenue,  32  lots  in  what  is  known  as  Otterbein  Park  Plat,  and  a  lot  on 
River  Street  on  which  there  is  a  double  house  facing  River  Street  and  a  double 
house  facing  Chicago  Avenue. 

The  unplatted  land  was  sold  to  Mr.  W.  A.  Keyes,  in  May,  1919,  except  19^ 
acres  which  was  reserved  for  the  new  Seminary  site.  We  sold  this  land  for 
$250,000.00  without  a  penny  of  commission  to  anyone.  Payments  were  made 
as  follows:— May  1,  1919,  $1000  to  bind  the  contract;  July  19,  1919,  cash  $150,000; 
a  second  mortgage  on  the  250  acres  sold  of  $50,000;  and  stock  in  the  Upper 
Dayton  View  Development  Company,  $49,000.     Total  $250,000. 

We  paid  this  money  out  as  follows: — West  Side  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation, mortgage,  $16,C00;  interest  and  revenue  stamp,  $50.92;  Gem  City 
Building  and  Loan  Association,  mortgage,  $20,000;  interest  and  release,  $113.59; 
Simon  S.  Mumma,  mortgage  $17,840;  interest  and  release,  $108.60;  Mutual 
Home  and  Savings  Association,  mortgage,  $49,500;  interest  and  release;  $372.81; 
Harriet  Long,  mortgage,  $20,000;  interest  and  release,  $302.00;  legal  fees  and 
recording  second  mortgage,  $102.00;  total,  $124,389.92.  This  left  a  balance 
in  the  Manager's  hands  of  $25,610.08,  which  he  paid  to  the  General  Treasurer. 
In  the  earh'  part  of  July,  our  treasurer  had  advanced  $2000  as  part  payment 
on  the  mortgage  on  Otterbein  Park  Plat  and  $3000,  borrowed  money  from  the 
Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank.  He  was  also  carrying  an  overdraft  of  $13,740.57 
July  1.     This  gave  us  a  balance  v^ilh  the  Treasurer,  August  1,  1919,  of  $8,433.57. 

KANSAS    RANCH 

In  harmony  with  the  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  a  meeting  held  May 
2.  1919,  we  sold  the  Kansas  Ranch.  The  order  was  as  follows: — "Conditions 
and  prospects  in  connection  with  the  Kansas  Lands  are  favorable,  both  as  to 
crops  and  stock.  Likewise  the  inesent  or  tlie  near  future  might  be  an  op- 
portune time  to  sell  advantageously  all  of  our  holdings  in  connection  with  these 
lands.  In  view  of  the  cost  and  difticulty  in  managing  these  various  interests 
at  a  distance,  and  uncertainties  as  to  labor  and  other  considerations,  it  might 
be  well  to  consider  the  sale  of  the  property  above  referred  to.  The  endowment 
of  the  Seminary  in  the  form  of  money  loaned  on  mortgages  would  not  be  tax- 
able, would  yield  a  more  steady  income,  and  could  be  cared  for  at  less  cost 
and  risk. 


We,  therefore,  recommend  that  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Seminary- 
authorize  the  sale^  of  our  holdings  in  connection  with  said  lands,  located  in 
Thomas  County,  Kansas,  at  a  price  not  less  than  the  present  appraisement,  the 
proceeds  from  the  same  to  be  invested  in  interest-bearing  securities,  as  recom- 
mended in  the  action  of  the  late  General  Conference,  and  that  J.  E.  Fout,  business 
manager  of  The  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary,  on  the  approval  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  be  authorized  to  sign  papers  and  execute  any  further 
terms  of  sale  or  sales." 

This  land  was  sold  last  May  for  $200,000.00.  The  sale,  however,  did  not 
include  the  elevator  located  at  Levant,  Kansas,  on  land  leased  from  the  Rock 
Island  Railroad.  This  is  on  our  books  at  a  value  of  $8000.00,  and  we  believe 
it  can  be  sold  soon  at  that  price  or  more.  The  purchasers  of  these  lands — 
Mr.  E.  G.  Taylor,  of  Loup  City,  Nebraska,  and  Felton  &  West,  of  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  are  selling  the  Ranch  to  individual  farmers.  We  agreed  to  accept 
thirty-five  percent  of  the  purchase  price  in  cash,  and  sixty-five  percent  in  first 
mortgage,  to  run  five  (5)  years  at  six  percent.  They  were  to  receive  also 
credit  for  one-fourth  of  the  grain  raised  on  the  Ranch  this  year. 

When  they  found  that  they  could  not  complete  the  sale  of  all  the  land 
last  summer,  because  of  the  depreciated  value  of  wheat  and  the  stringency  of 
the  money  market,  they  asked  us  to  accept  their  note,  bearing  six  percent 
interest  for  one  year,  for  the  unsold  portions  of  the  land,  and  also  to  keep  the 
land  in  the  Seminary's  name,  delivering  deeds  only  as  they  sold  and  settled  for 
the  land.     To  this  the  committee  agreed. 

We  have  received  in  Cash  and  Grain  Credits,  $52,544.13;  in  first  mortgages, 
$51,000.00;  in  notes,  $96,455.87;  total,  $200,000.00. 

The  land  for  which  these  notes  were  given  in  payment  has  not  beer 
deeded,  but  is  held  in  the  name  of  the  Seminary.  It  forms  the  heart  of  the 
Ranch  because  the  purchasers  were  required  to  sell  the  outlying  sections  first. 
It  is  agreed  by  and  between  the  purchasers  named  above,  and  the  Seminary,  that 
when  any  of  the  land  for  which  notes  were  given  is  sold,  that  the  Seminary  will 
accept  thirty-five  percent  of  the  valuation  price  in  cash,  and  a  mortgage  for 
sixty-five  percent,  bearing  six  percent  interest,  payable  semi-annually.  The 
notes  above  referred  to  are  for  one  year  only,  these  gentlemen  agreeing  to  close 
the  Ranch  out  during  this  spring  and  summer.  It  is  reported  to  me  by  them 
that  they  have  sold  the  East  One-Half  of  Section  thirty-five.  Section  fifteen 
and  the  East  Half  of  fourteen  and  expect  to  close  out  the  other  sections  in  the 
next  ninety  (90)   days. 

For  the  purpose  of  distributing  the  price  of  $200,000.00  for  the  land  to  the 
land  itself,  the  following  prices  were  placed  on  each  section  by  mutual  agree- 
ment: 

Section  10—640  A.  at    $39.625 $25,360.00 

Section  11—640  A.  at     45.00 28.800.00 

Section  13—640  A.  at      45.00 28.800.00 

Section  14—640  A.  at      45.00 28.800.00 

Section  15—640  A.  at     39.00 24,960.00 

SE^ofl?- 160  A.  at      37.50 6,000.00 

Section  23—640  A.  at      34.00  2 21,760.00 

SJ^&NW'^  25—480  A.   at     34.00 16,320.00 

Section  35—640  A.  at"    30.00 1 19,200.00 

Total    $200,000.00 

This  seemed  to  be  a  fair  and  equitable  valuation  upon  each  piece  of  land 
based  upon  a  price  of  $200,000.00  As  I  said,  we  have  already  received  mortgages 
aggregating  $51,000.00,  Cash  and  Grain  Credits  of  $52,544.13,  two  notes  ag- 
gregating $96,455.87,  which  makes  a  total  of  $200,000.00. 

This  money  is  credited  as  follows:  —  Endowment  Fund,  $168,950.00, 
Contingent  Fund,  $32,050.00.  i 

This  land  consisted  of  5120  acres,  of  which  3840  acres  were  donated  by  the 
Hon.  John  M.  Bonebrake. 


OUR  DEBT 

After  applying  all  the  money  we  received  from  the  sale  of  the  Dayton  View 
land  on  our  debts,  there  remained  an  indebtedness  of  $87,230.00,  April  1,  1920, 
all  of  which  was  against  the  Dayton  View  real  estate.  These  facts,  you  may 
remember,  were  given  to  you  in  my  report  one  year  ago.  To  offset  this 
debt  we  have  the  following  assets: 

A  second  mortgage  on  the  250  acres  sold  amounting  to  $35,174.00;  12  Lots 
in  Otterbein  Park  Plat,  $17,750.00;  due  from  lots  already  sold  in  Otterbcin 
Park  Plat,  $8,600.00;  two  double  houses  on  River  Street,  $10,000.00;  Stock  in 
Upper  Dayton  View  Development  Company,  $49,000.00;  total,  $120,524.00, 
which  are  held  against  that  debt. 

April  1,  1921,  our  debt,  because  of  the  erection  of  our  new  buildings, 
had  increased  to  $159,479.84,  or  an  incrca.'^e  of  $72,249.84.  During  the  year 
we  received  from  the  United  Enlistment  Movement,  $44,428.14,  and  $3,305.18 
for  Scholarships.  Of  the  $44,428.14  received,  $18,333.30  was  for  our  contingent 
expenses,  $14,439.00,  the  balance  due  for  taking  our  men  out  of  field, 
leaving  only  $11,655.84  which  we  could  use  for  our  new  buildings.' 
Follow  this  statement  carefully: — We  have  secured  under  your  order  a  loan 
of  $200,000.00,  which,  according  to  the  judgment  of  the  Superintendent  of  Con- 
struction, Mr.  H.  J.  Osbun,  and  others,  will  complete  the  two  buildings.  This 
would  make  a  total  indebtedness  of  $348,890.00  if  we  received  no  money  from  the 
United  Enlistment  Movement  or  our  friends,  toward  these  buildings.  Over 
against  this  we  have  the  $120,524.00  of  assets  above  named,  and  this  property, 
known  as  the  old  site,  for  which  we  certainly  ought   to  receive  $50,000.00. 

The  Shambaugh  land — Section  7-10-36,  in  Thomas  County,  Kansas,  valued 
by  the  committee  who  appraised  it  at  $22,400.00;  New  Building  Notes  amount- 
ing to  $18,644.25;  total,  $211,568.25.  Due  from  the  United  Enlistment  Move- 
ment on  the  basis  that  only  three-fourths  of  the  goal  has  been  reached  would 
be  (M  of  $206,000)  $154,500.00.  From  this  deduct  the  $11,655.84  received  this 
vear,  you  have  due  us  within  the  next  year,  $142,844.16.  This'  makes  a  grand 
total  of  $354,412.41  with  which  to  pay  the  debt  of  $348,890.00.  If  there  is  any 
question  about  getting  this  money,  that  question  is  for  those  to  answer  who  re- 
quired us  to  go  out  of  the  field  for  this  Movement,  when  we  were  securing 
over  $30,000.00  per  month  in  the  field.  If  the  United  Enlistment  Budget  is  paid 
in  full,  we  will  have  money  enough  to  pay  every  dollar  of  our  indebtedness 
and  have  our  much  needed  new  buildings. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  held  February  12,  1920,  the  plans 
for  the  new  buildings  were  wiselj'  revised  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  include  the 
use  of  stone  and  brick,  instead  of  Terra  Cotta  and  brick,  and  hardwood  and  tile 
floors  throughout  the  buildings.  At  that  time  I  reported  to  you  that  they  would, 
with  the  changes  you  had  ordered,  cost  $387,317.00.  Up  to  March  31,  1921,  we  had 
spent  for  Construction  Equipment,  Architect's  services,  including  $2000.00  for 
plans  for  a  Central  Heating  Plant,  $156,038.02.  It  will  require  $200,000.00  to  finish 
the  buildings,  making  the  cost  of  same  $356,038.02,  from  which  the  salvage 
of  the  construction  equipment  must  be  deducted,  leaving  the  cost  of  the  build- 
ing about  $350,000.00. 

NEW  BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION 

With  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  we  undertook  the  construction 
of  the  new  buildings  ourselves.  We  employed  a  most  efficient  Superintendent 
of  Construction,  Mr.  H.  J.  Osbun,  who  for  a  number  of  years  was  President 
of  the  Gem  City  Improvement  Company.  We  have  bought  at  a  considerable 
saving  to  the  Seminary  all  of  the  materials  thus  far  used  in  the  construction 
of  the  buildings. 

INCREASED  EXPENSES 

During  the  years,  the  Seminary  has  licen  growing  in  efficiency,  entailing 
greatly  increased  expense.  Its  curriculum  is  more  extensive  and  the  standard 
of  work  higher. 


During  the  quadreiinium  we  have  continued  the  custom  of  giving  $2.00  per 
month  to  each  married  student  and  $1.50  to  each  young  woman  to  applj'  on  his 
or  her  rent,  in  lieu  of  the  free  room  rent  secured  by  single  men  living  in  the 
dormitory. 

The  Faculty  has  received  a  much  needed  increase  in  salary. 

COMPARISON 

The  net  assets  of  The  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary,  March  31,  1909, 
were  $245,497.00.  The  net  assets  March  31,  1921,  were  $661,107.28,  a  net  gain  in 
eleven  years  and  nine  months  of  $415,710.28,  or  over  $35,000.00  each  year  of 
my  incumbency.  In  addition  to  this,  we  have  charged  off  our  books  as  non-col- 
lectable during  these  years  over  $25,000.00.  All  this  has  been  done  while  j'our 
Board  of  Trustees,  Executive  Committee  and  Manager  have  carried  one  of  the 
heaviest  burdens  ever  cast  upon  men  in  any  of  the  departments  of  the  Church, 
namely,  the  indebtedness  of  the  Dayton  View  real  estate. 

OUR  NEEDS 

The  importance  of  the  place  of  the  Seminarj'  in  our  denominational  life 
cannot  be -overestimated.  The  cry  from  every  quarter  of  the  Church  is  for 
men — men  who  are  trained  in  heart  and  mind  to  do  the  work  in  the  Christian 
ministry.  There  is  no  greater  problem  before  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ  today  than  that  of  securing  more  thoroughly  qualified  men  for  her 
pulpits  and  missionary  work.  Attention  must  be  given  to  our  one  professional 
training  agency.  Give  the  Seminary  equipment,  and  the  Board  of  Education 
money  enough  to  properly  aid  worthy  students  and  the  Seminary  can  give  to 
the  Church  ever}'^  year  a  hundred  trained  men  for  her  work.  God  hasten  the  day 
when  this  may  be. 

This  General  Conference  in  this  very  matter  may  determine  to  a  large 
extent  the  success  of  our  beloved  Zion  during  the  coming  years.  We  plead 
for  an  open  door  to  the  Church  and  an  adequate  support  from  the  budget  and 
sufficient  Scholarships'  or  Student  Aid  Funds  and  practically  every  graduate 
from  our  colleges  for  the  Christian  ministry  can  be  saved  to  the  denomina- 
tion and  made  an  efficient  leader  and  successful  pastor  in  our  work. 

We  must  have: — 

1 — An  enlarged  productive  Endowment. 

2 — An  enlarged  student  body.  If  the  Seminary  is  to  meet  the  growing 
demands  of  the  Church,  it  ought  to  graduate  at  least  fifty  (50)  young  men 
every  vear.  This  would  mean  an  average  student  body  of  approximately  two 
hundre'd  (200). 

3 — A  Scholarship  Fund  which  would  enable  the  Faculty  to  give  young 
men  and  women  the  assistance  they  need  above  that  which  can  be  furnished 
by  the  Board  of  Education. 

4 — Constructive  criticism  and  prayer. 

COMMENDATIONS 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  Executive  Committee  who  have  carried 
the  heavy  burdens  of  the  finances  during  these  years,  and  the  Building  Com- 
mittee who  are  dealing  with  the  problems  in  detail  of  the  erection  of  our  new 
buildings,  I  want  to  express  my  sincere  thanks  and  believe  you  should  give  your 
heartiest  commendation. 

AUDIT 

The  books  of  the  institution  have  been  audited  each  year  of  the  quad- 
rennium  by  the.  Auditors  selected  by  the  Board  of  Administration. 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

First — That  the  Seminary,  together  with  other  departments  of  the  Church, 
be  given  the  privilege  of  direct  appeal  to  our  people. 

Second — That  you  authorize  the  securing  of  at  least  a  half  million  dollars 
during  the  next  quadrennium  for  Scholarships  and  Endowment. 

Third — That  you  appoint  a  day  when  from  all  our  pulpits  the  clAims  of  the 
Christian  ministry  may  be  presented  to  our  young  people,  and  that  they  be  urged 
to  hear  the  call  of  God  for  definite  service. 

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FINANCIAL    STATEMENT 

I  submit,  herewith,  a  statement  of  the  finances  of  thg  qiiadrcnnium,  ending 
March  31,  1921: 


CASH  RECEIPTS  FOR  YEAR  ENDING  MARCH  31 

1918               1919  1920  1921  Footings 

Conf.    Budget    $10,769.28     $  11,306.60  $  12,610.76  $     6,879.82  $  41,566.46 

Contingent  General  3,117.82          3,564.57  4,057.96  346.31  11,086.66 

Cont.    Farm    Crops  254.60          2,766.44  462.28  590.13  4,073.45 

Cont.    Notes    Paid.  5,265.10          6,328.50  7,947.30  4,403.73  23,944.63 

Interest   1,942.10          1,642.73  2,313.74  4,569.60  10,468.17 

Incidental    Fees    —  153.00             162.00  198.00  171.00  684.00 

Rents    2.391.00          3,230.75  2,881.75  2,427.76  10,931.26 

Property  Sold 6,400.00  1,000.00  7,400.00 

Library    57.00             104.25  73.00  57.00  301.25 

Fuel  Bill   Refund—  236.42  530.63  767.05 

New     Endowment-  4,900.00          4,621.20  3,682.19  5,000.00  18,203.39 

End.   Loans   Ret'd_  1,425.00          3,775.00  16,826.00  22,026.00 

Property  Sold 1,950.00  12,000.00  24,489.44  38,439.44 

End.   Notes    Paid—  1,448.00         10,061.35  7,006.60  3,799.64  22,315.59 

New   Bldg.   Fund—  630.00  4,923.18  5.00  5,558.18 

New  Bldg.  Nts.  Pd.  1,817.25          2,692.50  2,400l00  1,102.50  8,012.25 

Cowden   Endow't   _  127.67  200.00  50.00  Zll .b1 

Scholarships 380.00             497.88  1,465.00  505.00  2,847.88 

Borrowed    Money.  29,200.00         16,100.00  8,500.00  69,745.00  123,545.00 

U.   E.   Movement—  47,863.32  47,863.32 

Other    Notes    Paid  257.12  19,187.35  15,953.40  35,397.87 

Sundry    Receipts—  15.00              235.82  1,428.35  651.99  2,331.16 
Davton  View  Real 

Estate    Sale    151,000.00  151,000.00 

Conf.   Thank    Offg  5,561.00  5,561.00 
O  1 1  erbeia     Park 

Lots  Sale 7,355.83  2,018.17  9,374.00 

New  Bldgs..  etc.—  4,847.08  4,847.08 

Totals $  69,535.15    $  70.054.38  $272,316.71  $197,016.52  $608,922.76 


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CASH  EXPENDITURES  YEAR  ENDING  MARCH  31 


1918 

Salaries    $  13,614.94 

Interest     14,932.05 

Annuities    3,900.61 

Fuel,     Light     and 

Water    485.11 

Field  Work 2,581.97 

Travel  Expense   —  2,184.40 

Taxes   &   Insurance  2,009.04 

Repairs    765.41 

Rents    384.00 

Printing  &  Supplies  952.54 
Postage,  Telephone 

and    Telegraph-  309.19 

Library    Expense —  39.55 

Legal    Fees    175.31 

Janitor    &    Supplies  793.98 
Borrowed  Money 

Paid    31,500.00 

Office   Help   1,391.41 

Furniture   Ap. 64.60 

Mortgage  Loans — 

Ranch    &    Farms..  647.29 

Fin.   Commission 297.50 

Sundry    Payments.  177.87 

Scholarship     355.00 

New    Site    Lands—  150.00 


Totals    $  77,711.77 


1919 

1920 

1921 

Footings 

$  14,349.93 

$  14,158.25  $ 

13,774.98 

$  55,898.10 

14,743.30 

11,519.29 

7,270.35 

48,464.99 

4,679.41 

4,651.25  , 

4,992.81 

18,224.08 

713.54 

812.62 

1,287.91 

3,299.18 

3,567.83 

7,013.50 

1,593.48 

14,756.78 

2,575.72 

1,906.81 

2,645.93 

9,312.86 

1,604.56 

1,374.87\ 
1,073.26/ 

7^i.77 

3,006.88 

10,617.79 

855.00 

981.65 

562.81 

2,783.46 

398.20 

1,033.16 

896.48 

3,280.38 

607.82 

yu.iz 

564.78 

2,195.12 

234.79 

61.80 

69.90 

406.04 

1,477.09 

113.00 

1.00 

1,766.40 

1,004.37 

1,228.80 

1,366.44 

4,393.59 

26,508.00 

164,026.00 

8,085.00 

230,119.00 

1,689.09 

2,479.89 

3,018.50 

8,578.89 

668.00 

73.80 

806.40 

8,500.00 

8,500.00 

2,194.98 

5,935.90 

8,869.77 

17,647.94 
297.50 

187.15 

2,145.34 

4,816.02 

7,326.38 

350.00 

695.00 

305.00 

1,705.00 

400.00 

17,310.63 

156,038.02 

173,898.65 

$  78,924.55 

$239,902.35  $. 

227,739.86 

$624,278  53 

SUMMARY 

Receipts 

Cash  Balance  April  1,   1917 $     5,611.21 

Cash  Receipts   1917  to  1921l . 608,922.76 

Total    Receipts    $614,533.97 

Payments 

Cash  Paid  1917  to  1921 $624,278.53 

Less   Overdraft  on  Treausrer 9,744.56 

Total   payments   $^614,533.97 


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'      INVENTORIES  COMPARED 

March  31,  March  31, 

1917  1921 

Mortgage    Loans    $  26.883.63  $110,557.63 

Kansas   Lands  167,035.75 

Pike   Countv.   Illinois   Lands   3,250.0()  3,250.00 

1628  West  First  Street,  Dayton,  Ohio 2,500.00  4,000.(10 

1566  West  First  Street,  Dayton,  Ohio 4,000.00  5,000.00 

Endowment  Time  Notes 9,141.00  18,493.16 

Endowment  Death  Notes 42,550.00  45,250.00 

Peckham    Farm    11,344.24 

Toledo  Life  Insurance  Company  Stock 213.25 

Texas   Lands   1,600.00  1,600.00 

Other  Notes  Receivable 111.841.72 

T.  J.  Brown  Farm 23,000.00 

Shambaugh  Land 22,400.00 

Campaign    Notes    45.661.75 

Liberty    Bonds    11,650.00 

Kansas    Ranch    Elevator 5.500.00  8,000  00 

Public   Utility  Bonds   5.000.00  2,000.00 

Grand  Rapids   Lots  400.00  400.00 

Otterbein    Park    17,750.00 

River  Street  Property,  Dayton,  Ohio 8,600.00  10,000.00 

Dayton  View  Real   Estate   300.662.57 

Upper  Dayton  View^  Development  Company  Stock 49.000.00 

New  Site  Grounds 75.600.00 

Old  Seminary  Building  and  Grounds 40,445.55  40.445.55 

Library      _         _'    _           4.453.20  4,970.08 

Furniture  and'  Fixtures   6,988.37  7,794.77 

New    Buildings    154,031.92 

New  Building  Time  Notes 5,366.50  14,544.25 

New  Building  Death  Notes 4,100.00  4,100.00 

Student   Chapel   Notes    283.00 

Dormitory    Memorial    Notes    3.600.00 

Alary  A. 'Herr   Estate    1,407.65  1,407.65 

Shambaugh  Wheat  Crop 3,725.00 

Cowden   Time   Notes    L875.00  1,500.00 

Cowden  Death  Notes 6.000.00  6,000.00 

Scholarship    Death    Notes   1,000.00 

Contingent  Time  Notes 13.326.52  10,637.96 

Contingent  Death  Notes 11.700.00  10.125.00 

Friedley  Farm 3.885.82 

Kansas   Ranch   Property   30,161.80 

West   Salem,   Ohio,  Land 2,000.00 

Farmers  and  Alerchants  State  Bank,  Cash 711.34 

Balance  on  hand   Alarch   31,   1917 5,611.21 

Contingent    Overdraft    March    31,    1921 4,092.27 

$726,002.76  $834,423.95 

Contingent    Overdraft    $4,092.27 

Overdraft    with    Treasurer    9,744.56  13,836.83 

Total  Assets                                     $726,002.76  $820,587.12 

Borrowed  Money 261,464.00  159.479.84 

Net  Assets $464,538.76  $661,107.28 

Comparison 

Net  Assets   March  31,   1917 $464,538.76 

Net  Assets  Alarch  31,  1921 661,107.28 

.   Gain    in    Assets    $196,568.52 

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Liabilities 

Present  Building  and  Ground  Fund $  50,859.47 

New  Building  Fund   142,219.37 

Scholarship  Fund 6,550.00 

Cowde'n  Endowment  Fund 18,735.24 

Endowment   Fund  407,673.45 

Endowment    Annuity    Reserve    5,000.00 

Lectureship   Endowment   500.00 

Cash — Overdraft  on  Treasurer 9,744.56 

Borrowed  Money 159,479.84 

Scholarship    Income    300.00 

Dormitory   Memorial    Fund   17,500.00 

Students'    Chapel    Fund    901.00 

United  Enlistment  Movement — 

Scholarship     Fund    3,305.18 

New  Building  Fund  11,655.84 

$834,423.95 


Comparison  of  Funds  1917  with  1921 

Endowment   Fund— 1921    $413,173.45 

Endowment   Fund— 1917 309,934.66 

Increase  in  four  years $103,238.79 

Contingent  Fund— 1921— Deficit $     4,092.27 

Contingent  Fund— 1917— Balance 35,151.05 

Decrease  in  four  years $  39,243.32 

New   Building  Fund— 1921   $172,276.21 

New   Building   Fund— 1917 46,627.89 

Increase  in  four  years $125,648.32 

Seminary  Bldg.   &  Grounds   Fund— 1921 $  50,859.47 

Seminary  Bldg.  &  Grounds   Fund— 1917 50,342.59 

Increase  in  four  years a $        516.88 

Cowden  Endowment— 1921 $  18,735.24 

Cowden    Endowmen — 1917   1 18,732.57 

Increase  in  four  years $  2.67 

Scholarship  Fund— 1921 $     9,855.18 

Scholaship  Fund— 1917 3,750.00 

Increase  in  four  years $     6,105.18 

Unpaid  Scholarship— 1921   $        300.00 


14 


Productive  Endowment 

Mortgage    Loans   $110,577.63 

1628  West   First  Street,   Dayton,   Ohio 4,000.00 

1566  West  First  Street,  Dayton,  Ohio 5,000.00 

Liberty    Bonds    11,650.00 

Public   Utility   Bonds 2,000.00 

T.  J.  Brown   Farm  23,000.00 

Texas    Land    1,600.00 

Notes     111,841.72 

Total    - $269,669.35 

The  hooks  have  been  audited  each  year  by  the  auditor  selected  by  the  Board 
of  Administration,  Air.  C.  L.  Hubbard,  who  certified  that  they  were  correct. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  E.  FOUT,  Manager. 


IS 


SECOND 

QUADRENNIAL  REPORT 


O  F 


The  Otterbein  Home 

LEBANON,    OHIO 


TO     THE 

Twenty-eighth  General  Conference 

OF     THE 

United  Brethren  Church 


If 


Convening  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana 
May  12,  1921 


Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Otterbein  Home 

For  the  Quadrennium  Ending  March  31,  1921 


To  the  Twenty-Kightli  General  Confer- 
eiux'  of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ,  in  session  at  Indianapolis,  In.  i- 
ana.  in  May,  1921,  the  Trustees  of  the 
Otterbein  _Home  present  their  report  for 
the  Quadrennium  : 

The  Otterbein  Home  has  closed  its  sec- 
^ond  four  years  of  official  history.  At  the 
General  Conference  at  Wichita,  in  1917,  the 
general  facts  of  history  to  that  date  .uid 
the  plan  for  further  development  were 
presented.  That  body  accepted  both,  and 
commissioned  the  trustees  to  proceed  along 
the  course  outlined,  which  was  estimated  to  , 
require  fifty  years  for  completion.  One 
purpose  of  this  report  is  to  review  the  work 
of  the  second  four-year  period,  to  determir.v- 
how  well  the  surveyed  road  has  been  fol- 
lowed, and  point  forward  to  the  tasks  just 
ahead. 

To  conduct  the  Otterbein  Home  this  far 
on  its  journey  of  Christian  philanthropy 
has  been  a  constant  inspiration.  The  nature 
of  the  work  itself  is  uplifting,  for  it  is  con- 
structive work  of  the  purest  character. 
The  universal  good  will  of  our  people  for 
this  kind  of  service  has  been  most  encour- 
aging. And  the  fi  ^r  of  those  outside  our 
denomination,  as'  pressed  in  dollars  or 
their  equivalent,  has  convinced  the  trus- 
tees that  the  work  of  our  Church  has  an 
appeal  extending  beyond  our  boundary 
lines. 

Historic  Statements 

A  few  facts  and  dates  will  connect  the 
present  situation  with  the  past,  and  link  to- 
gether the  Shaker  society  and  the  United 
Brethren  communion :  Negotiations  for 
the  transfer  qf  the  Shaker  Estate  began  in 
1939.  An  application  for  a  charter  was 
signed  on  October  14,  1912.  A  contract 
for  purchase  of  4005  acres  of  land  was 
signed  on  October  15,  1912.  The  charter 
was  granted  under  date  of  November  7, 
1912.  The  incorporators  met  on  November 
19,  and  elected  nine  trustees,  to  serve  until 
the  meeting  of  the  General  Conference  in 
May,  1913.  .  At  this  meeting,  a  constitution 
was  adopted.  The  deeds  were  signed  and 
the  title  was  transferred  on  March  5,  1913. 
The  General  Conference  put  its  seal  upon 


the  Home  on  May  17,  1913.  I->om  that  date, 
the  Ottcrl)ein  Home  has  had  but  one  pur- 
pose— to  serve  those  embraced  in  the  scope 
of  its  original  promise.  It  is_  not  satisfied 
with  its  service,  of  course;  but  it  has 
counted  the  privilege  of  doing  good,  one 
greatly  to  be  esteemed. 

The  Pl'rch.^se  Price 

Three  notes  were  given  the  Shakers,  ag- 
gregating the  $325,000  agreed  upon  as  the 
purchase  price  of  the  farm.  At  the  General 
Conference  eight  years  ago,  $50,000  had 
fallen  due,  of  which  $30,000  had  been  paid. 
Nothing  more  was  due  at  date  of  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  of  1917,  although  the  rest 
of  the  $50,003  had  been  paid,  and  $60,000  of 
the  next  note  of  $100,000.  At  the  present 
date,  the  payments  are  just  even,  $150,000 
having  been  paid,  the  last  note,  $175,000, 
falling  due  March  1,  1923. 

The  contract  permits  payment  of  any 
multiple  of  $5,030  at  any  interest  paying 
period.  The  trustees  have  been  using  all 
funds  for  the  last  three  years  in  main- 
tenance and  development.  Money  to  meet 
the  final  payment  must  be  gathered,  and  the 
trustees  have  taken  recognition  and  corres- 
ponding action.  The  Shakers  have  trusted 
us  in  a  remarkable  way,  and  we  must  keep 
faith  with  them  most  sacredly.  A  nucleus 
for  the  last  payment  is  in  hand,  a  promise 
that  generous  contributions  will  be  made 
from  many  quarters  as  we  approach  the 
day. 

Homes    Originally    Proposed 

Eight  and  a  half  years  ago,  the  need  of 
the  United  Brethren  Church  was  sensed 
clearly  enough  to  set  forth  the  prospect  of 
six  different  homes.  This  was  before  we 
acquired  title  to  the  Shaker  holdings,  and 
the  proposed  homes  were  as  follows : 

1.  Home  and  training  school  for  or- 
phans and  other  needy   children. 

2.  Home  for  children  of  missionaries. 

3.  Old  folks'  home,  by  cottage  and  dor- 
mitory plan. 

4.  Home  for  deaconesses. 


5.  Home  for  retired  ministers  and  their 
wives,    cottage   and   dormitorj-   plan. 

6.  Healthatorium    for   Church    workers. 
The    first    Home    has    been    in    operation 

since    ^lay    1.    1913.    and    growing    all    the 
time. 

The  second  was  opened  in  Decem])cr, 
1917,  in  a  building  especially  prepared. 

The  third  was  started  on  April  3,  1913, 
and  tlie  applicants  have  been  far  more  than' 
could  be  accommodated. 

The  fourth  has  not  l)een  set  apart  for- 
mally, as  it  was  expected  that  this  service 
would  be  called  for  last. 

The  fifth  has  been  in  operation  almost 
from  the  start,  although  not  separated  from 
the  general  homes  for  adults. 

The  sixth  has  had  a  beginning,  and  far 
more  calls  have  been  made  than  could  be 
answered  afiirmatively. 

At  the  present  time,  this  outline  seems 
very  meager.  Numerous  special  buildings 
are  required  to  answer  the  calls  of  the 
Church,  and  the  question  arises  as  to 
whether  the  Church  can  afford  to  maintain 
deaf  ears  and  a  stolid  indifference  to  these 
necessities.  The  very  operation  of  the 
Home  on  its  present  scale  has  revealed  the 
need  for  other  special  adjuncts,  as  follows: 

1.  A  separate  building  for  a  cancer  hos- 
pital, for  this  disease  develops  in  the  Otter- 
bein  family,  and  a  place  for  segregation  is 
needed,  as  well  as  for  the  occasional  recep- 
tion of  afflicted  ones  from  the  outside. 

2.  A  separate  building  is  needed  for 
those  developing  tubercular  troultle  at  the 
Home,  so  that  there  need  be  no  contact 
with  those  in  health.  The  future  might 
bring  admission  of  afflicted  ones,  provided 
such  hospital  were  removed  absolutely 
from  the  present  homes. 

3.  .\  se])arate  building  is  needed  for' the 
general  hospital  cases  that  will  be  found  at 
the  Home  always,  perhaps  supplemented  bv 
additions  from  without. 

4.  A  separate  building  is  needed  for 
those  of  low  mentality,  whether  congenita! 
or  developmental— persons  who  are  not 
proper  subjects  for  an  asylum,  segregated 
wholly  from  the  ordinary  life  of  the  Home. 

5.  A.  separate  building  is  needed  for 
those  afflicted  with  epilei)sy.  for  these  are 
among  the  most  unfortunate  of  all  and 
deserve    .sympathetic    lieli)fulness. 


These  five  are  of  such  a  character  that 
they  cannot  be  joined  to  the  others,  or 
joined  to  one  another.  We  are  persuaded 
that  the  Lord  would  be  more  pleased  with 
complete  ser^'ice  than  partial.  These  homes 
nuist  have  place  in  the  plans  of  some  Chris- 
tian heart  and  brain. 

Buildings  Occupied 

Carrying  out  the  above  plan  thus  far 
means  tiie  employment  of  several  build- 
ings. At  the  last  General  Conference,  one 
big  building  was  occupied  by  the  boys  and 
girls,  and  another  by  the  old  people.  A 
second  home  for  old  people  was  being  re- 
modeled, which  was  dedicated  on  Thanks- 
givmg.  1918.  It  was  prepared  as  a  home 
for  the  helpless,  but  christened  the  Good 
Samaritan  home.  The  old  post-office  was 
refitted  and  enlarged  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of- children  of  missionaries.  A  two- 
story  farm  building  was  moved  and  made 
over  into  an  annex  for  the  largest  girls— 
and  contains  beds  for  twenty-eight,  besides 
other  necessary  quarters.  The  building  re- 
tained for  ten  years  by  the  Shakers  was 
vacated  in  the  summer  of  1920,  three  years 
m  advance  of  expiration  of  lease,  and  has 
become  headquarters  for  the  Home.  Eventu- 
ally this  will  be  occupied  by  high-school 
girls,  while  the  old  people's  building  will 
be  assigned  to  high-school  boys.  The 
school  has  vacated  the  Shaker  meeting 
house,  as  it  outgrew  the  original  school- 
house,  and  the  meeting  house  is  being 
transformed  into  a  boys'  cottage. 

The  Development  Plan 

The  plan  of  development,  as  reported  and 
approved  four  years  ago,  contemplated  the 
erection  of  numerous  buildings  as  growth 
demanded  and  funds  allowed.  These  in- 
cluded school,  church,  combined  auditorium, 
library,  and  museum,  dining  hall,  adminis- 
tration building,  nine  large  homes  for  adults, 
a  corresponding  number  for  boys  and  girls, 
with  compleniental  residences,  barns,  and 
others.  Of  these,  three-sevenths  of  the 
school  building  is  constructed— twelve  of 
twenty-eight  rooms,  the  administration 
I)uilding  is  under  way,  and  half  the  dining 
hall  is  being  put  up— to  projvide  five  hun- 
dred sittings.  This  is  for  children  only,  as 
tile  old  people  will  have  dining  rooms  in 
their  several  homes. 


riiese  tlircc  Iniildings  were  an  ahsoiute 
I  need  to  progress.  Inaccurate  cost  figures 
were  relied  upon  for  construction,  so  that 
I  expense  ran  out  of  siglit  of  income,  but  it 
did  not  seem  wise  to  hold  up  this  improve- 
ment even  though  the  cost  exceeded  all  cal- 
culation. After  these  are  completed,  the 
trustees  advise  no  further  new  w-ork  of 
extension  till  general  or  special  funds  are 
in  hand  to  pay  the  bills.  Minor  improve- 
ments, such  as  dairy  liani,  silos,  sheds, 
should  go  forward  when  financial  conditions 
warrant  the  outlay. 

Spkcifr-  Impkovement.s 
During  this  quadrennium,  an  adequate 
water  supply  was  obtained  by  excavating 
some  strong  springs  three-fourths  of  a  mile 
distant,  and  pumping  the  water  to  the  large 
tank,  thence  conducted  to  the  various  homes 
bv  gravity  pressure.  Before  this  was  done, 
three  wells  were  drilled  near  the  head- 
quarters, but  they  were  not  sufficient  to 
supply  the  needs. 

.A  modern  laundry  has  been  installed,  and 
is   in   daily   operation.     This   is   much   more 
satisfactory,    and    much    more    economical. 
A  .storaac  l)attery   lighting   system   was   in- 
stalled to  accommodate  the  Good  Samaritan 
home  and  surroundiug  buildings.     The  plant 
used  for  lighting  th^       ntral  group  of  build- 
ings was  reenforced.   the   Shaker  home  be- 
ing wired  and  attached  to  this  plant, 
r        The    silo   capacity   on    the    farm    was    in- 
i    creased   from  660  tons  to  over  a  thousand 
\    tons.     A  most  satisfactory  cement  stave  silo 
was  discovered,  and  three  of  that  class  pur- 
chased,  to  be   followed  bj'  a   fourth    in   the 
next  few  months. 

Farm  and  Stock 
One    of    the    resources    of    the    Otterbcin 
Home  is  the  fertile  soil  and  the  good  grac- 
ing   land.      ^Tore    and    more    are    churches 
adopting  the   farm  as  the  starting  point  of 
;     such    philanthropy    as    this.      One    sister    in 
'     the    Evangelical    church,    whose   heart    God 
f     touched,    deeded    outright     seven     hundred 
acres  of  rich  land  to  establish  an   old  peo- 
ple's   home,    whose    superintendent    is    quite 
well   known   to   Otterbein    Home   trustees— 
this  gift  having  been  made  in  the  last  twelve 
montlis.      State  authorities   have  discovered 
tile  practicability  of  this  plan,  and  are  pur- 
chasing  large   farms   as   the   dependence   of 
their   institutional  w'ork.     Our   own    farmer 
and  .stockman,  Mr.  R.  D.  George,  was  man- 
a.L;cr  of  three  of  the  Ohio  state   farms  be- 


fore he  took  charge  of  the  Otterbein  farm. 
This  support  of  the  judgment  of  our 
Church  is  appreciated. 

Tlie  land  is  divided  into  eight  conq)onent 
farms— and  thus  was  handled  by  our  prede- 
cessors. Eight  years  ago,  one  farm  of 
750  acres  was  under  direct  management, 
the  other  seven  leased  to  tenants.  Four 
years  ago,  another  farm  oi  500  acres  had 
been  transferred  to  direct  handling.  At  the 
])resent,  three  more  farms  have  passed  from 
lease  to  direct  control,  so  that  about  2500 
acres  now  are  farmed  under  direct  man- 
agement, and  only  1500  leased.  Corn, 
wheat,  and  hay  are  the  chief  products,  with 
oats  and  alfalfa  also  cultivated.  Sweet 
corn  is  raised  for  neighborhood  canneries, 
as  the  Home  has  not  yet  established  its  own 
cannery. 

Cattle  and  hogs  constitute  the  chief  stock 
raised,  though  a  few  sheep  are  kept.  While 
Big  Type  Poland  China  and  Chester  Whites 
are  reared  on  part  of  the  grounds,  the 
Durocs  are  the  favorite  for  general  pur- 
poses. 

For  several  years,  the  Home  experi- 
mented with  Jerseys,  Polled  Angus,  and 
Shorthorn  Durham  cattle,  with  some 
Guernseys  and  Holsteins.  On  the  recom- 
mendation of  Mr.  George,  with  the  approval 
of  the  farm  committee  and  the  support  of 
the  superintendent,  the  Milking  Shorthorn 
was  selected  as  the  best  dual  purpose  type 
procurable.  A  herd  has  been  started  at  the 
Otterbein  Home  which  has  no  superior 
blood  or  breeding  anywhere.  Edge  wood 
Cyrus  is  the  herd  sire,  eleven  thirty-sec- 
onds of  whose  blood  is  that  of  imported 
Duke  Buttercup,  the  best  animal  of  his 
kind  ever  brought  across  the  ocean.  l!is 
two  most  noted  sons  are  General  Clay  and 
Cyrus  Clay,  whose  blood  flows  in  profusion 
in  the  veins  of  Edgewood  Cyrus.  Females 
were  purchased  in  Ohio,  Kentucky,  nnd 
IMichigan,  some  of  them  of  pure  Bates 
breeding,  thus  giving  direct  connection  with 
the  original  herd  in  England,  carrying  back 
to  the  early  seventies.  The  Home  herd  now 
consists  of  thirty-six  of  these  blooded  ani- 
mals, ten  of  wh"ich  are  calves.  Several  two- 
year  olds  are  making  fine  tests  both  ifi  milk 
production  and  butterfat. 

It  is  the  purpose  to  enlarge  this  herd  by 
natural  production  and  purchase  until  i^  dis- 
places the  grade  cattle  hitherto  kept  on  the 
farm.  At  first,  the  Home  had  to  be  s.^tis- 
fied  with  the  inferior,   but  tliat   compulsion 


Iiappily  now  is  passed.  While  the  pure 
bloods  are  being  l)red,  the  grades  are  being 
improved  verj-  rapidly  by  mating  only  with 
pure-bred  sires.  It  is  the  hope  of  those  en- 
trusted witJi  the  management  that  the 
Otterl^ein  Home  may  become  the  center  of 
the  Milking  Shorthorn  culture  in  this  coun- 
try. Thus  it  would  prove  a  benefactor  to 
mankind,  as  well  as  a  blessing  to  its  own 
family.  Great  credit  belongs  to  Mr.  R.  D. 
George,  stockman,  and  Mr.  Cecil  R.  Tray- 
lor,  directly  in  charge  of  this  blooded  stock. 

F"arm  Income 
The  Otterbein  Home  farm  always  mu.  t 
be  counted  on  to  supply  revenues  for  cur- 
rent e.xpense.  It  is  a  fine  endowment,  al- 
though friends  of  the  Home  must  not  ex- 
pect the  miraculous  in  its  production.  . 
Manifestly  it  would  be  unjust  for  the  owner 
of  a  farm  of  80  acres  or  160  acres  to  make 
a  horizontal  comparison  of  his  operations 
with  the  cultivation  of  the  Home  farn.. 
On  the  smaller  farm,  the  husband,  wife,  and 
all  children  of  sufficient  age  lahcr  to  pro- 
duce, and  they  make  no  financial  reckoning 
of  their  time  in  the  computation  of  ex- 
pense, neither  do  they  spare  themselves 
when  rush  seasons  in  farm  work  are  on. 
Should  they  count  their  time  at  full  value, 
their  net  income  would  show  decrease.  At 
the  Otterbein  Home,  there  is  no  husband 
and  father  to  do  free  work,  and  no  children 
to  do  the  work  in  a  way  to  be  compared 
with  the  average  individual  family.  Every 
boy  and  girl  of  school  age  is  in  school  every 
day,  so  that  during  such  period  help  on  the 
farm  is  very  meager.  The  work  done  dur- 
ing the  vacation  months  is  subject  to  inter- 
ruption by  increased  training  in  music,  by 
vacations  elsewhere  for  the  boys  and  girls 
who  have  a  place  to  go,  by  band  service 
outside  and  various  other  causes.  In  other 
words,  the  production  of  crops  at  the  Home 
is  by  hired  labor  and  not  by  the  free  service 
of  husband  and  wife.  Moreover,  these  em- 
ployes are  to  be  maintained  at  .the  Home, 
and  largely  at  the  expense  of  the  Home. 
This  difference  between  conducting  a  pri- 
vately owned  farm  and  one  owned  by  an 
institution  of  this  kind  has  escaped  the  ob- 
servation of  some  in  their  calculation  of 
relative  profits.  Even  so,  the  Otterbein 
Home  farm  has  made  a  splendid  showing 
in  these  two  quadrenniums.  The  year  just 
closed  shows  a  net  profit  above  all  expense^, 
notwithstanding  the  high  co.st  of  production 
and    the    low    sale    price.     When    it    would 


have  been  more  profitable  for  so  many, 
farmers  to  have  taken  a  vacation  rather 
than  to  have  cultivated  their  farms,  the 
managers  of  the  Home  farm  have  reason 
for  gratitude  that  the  farm  work  was  not 
conducted  at  a  loss  during  the  year.  The 
profits  are  computed  on  the  accrual  basis, 
and  for  the  two  quadrenniums  show  as  fol- 
lows. 

QUADKENNIUM  NeT     PkOFITS 

1914-1917    $  78,728.24 

1918-1921    ; 108,158.58 

The  Home  farm  has  not  reached  anything 
near  its  cap;u:ity  in  production.  Funds  have 
been  insufficient  to  farm  intensively,  to  cul- 
tivate seasonably  at  all  times,  or  to  do  the 
tiling  that  is  absolutely  necessary  to  the  best 
production.  When  it  is  remembered  that 
there  was  not  a  nickel  on  ha. id  to  purchase 
a  horse  or  a  cow,  a  pig  or  a  plow  when 
operations  began,  the  progress  which  has 
been  made  'seems  quite  satisfactory. 

Field  Work 
Rev.  H.  A.  Sechrist  is  serving  his  eighth 
year  as  field  secretary  for  the  Home. 
When  he  began,  the  cause  was  new  to  our 
people,  and  they  were  not  accustomed  to 
giving  in  large  sums  for  great  causes.  A 
few  characters  stood  out  as  splendid  ex- 
amples of  Christian  devotion  in  this  field, 
but  they  were  the  exception.  Gradually 
our  people  have  gained  an  interest  in  the 
Home  and  the  cause  for  which  it  stands,  so 
that  some  fine  gifts  have  been  made  and 
others  planned  for.  When  Mr.  Sechrist 
renders  a  report,  he  includes  mortuary 
notes  although  these  notes  are  not  counted 
either  in  the  gross  assets  or  the  net  assets 
of  the  Home.  Inasmuch  as  they  are  not  ne- 
gotiable, the  Home  has  felt  it  the  part  of 
wisdom  to  regard  these  as  intangible  as- 
sets, although  it  e.xpects  to  realize  as  high 
a  percentage  on  them  as  on  the  notes  given 
with  a  specific  time  for  payment.  The  re- 
ports of  Mr.  Sechrist's  work,  as  given  in 
figures  below,  include  all  kinds  of  cash  and 
all  kinds  of  notes  and  gifts  of  real  estate  or 
other  property  which  he  has  secured,  but 
no  wills  unless  they  have  matured.  By 
quadrenniums,  the  figures  follow : 

Qu.XDRENNIUM AMOUNT    SECURED 

1914-1917    $205,458.36 

1918-1921    313,988.75 

The  greater  part  of  tiiesc  amounts  is  in 
the  form  of  mortuary  notes.  Some  of  such 
notes  will  not  mature  for  twcntv  vcars,  and 


Mine  for  perhaps  thirty  years,  yet  tliey  dis- 
play a  fine  spirit  toward  tlic  Home  and  also 
give  promise  of  funds  for  future  carrying 
charges  and  development.  The  friends  in 
the  field  are  increasing  in  numlier,  and  their 
■  devotion  to  this  interest  is  marked  by  larger 
sums  than  even  four  years  ago.  Many  are 
tinding  it  profitable  from  a  spiritual  stand- 
point to  pay  money  to  the  Home  and  re- 
ceive interest  on  it  during  life,  and  others 
to  remember  the  Home  by  bequest.  Nat- 
urally, few  legacies  have  been  received  m 
the  '  short  history  of  the  Home,  but  we 
may  expect  that  these  will  be  more  numer- 
ous and  carry  a  larger  aggregate  sum  as  the 
_\  ears  pass. 

Establishment  of  Found.\tions 
Our  report   to   General   Conference    four 
years  ago  called  attention  to  the  establish- 
ment of  foundations  at  the  Otterbein  Home. 
This    plan    comprehends    the    giving    of    a 
minimum  sum  of  $10,000,  which  makes  pro- 
vision   for   the   reception,   care,   and   culture 
of  five  children.     Any  additional  $2000  adds 
one  more  child.     Thy    this  money  will  con- 
tinue  its    good    work      'iroughout    all    time. 
Even  after  donors  have  been  called  to  their 
heavenly  home,  this  money  will  be  rearing 
and  educating  boys  and  girls  that  otherwise 
would  have  no  chance  or  but  half  a  chance. 
l-nur  years  ago,   four  foundations  were  re- 
corded,   not    co'i'iting    the    bequest    of    Mr. 
[     Seth  Johnson,  of  Moravia,  Iowa.     In   con- 
sequence of  the  money  he  left  by  will,  one 
of  the  eight  farms  at  the  Home  was  given 
his    name    as    a    memorial.     However,    the 
gift  serves  the  same  purpose  as  foundations. 
This  report  carries  the  announcement  of 
thirty    foundations    established    previous    to 
the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  on   March  31, 
1921.     Since  that  date,  two  more  have,  been 
arranged  for,  so  that  today  thirty-two  have 
been  established  or  papers  executed  leading 
thereto.     This  gives  great  encouragement  to 
those   under   the   responsibility    of   financial 
management.       The     income     from     these 
foundations    may   be    applied   to    the   main- 
tenance  and    education    of    children,    or    to 
the  care  of  old  people.     It  was  the  original 
conviction  that  the  Otterbein  Home  would 
^  ,  care  for  a  thousand  children  and  a  thousand 
old  people.     To   carry   on   such   work,    four 
hundred   foundations   are  necessary.     Prac- 
tically one-twelfth  of   these  have  been    se- 
cured in  six  years.    We  presume  that  others 
will  be  added  with   greater  rapidity  he.ice 


forward,  and  this  part  of  the  financing 
should  be  completed  in  less  than  fifty  years. 
In  reckoning  foundations,  mortuary  notes 
have  l>een  counted,  though  no  wills  have 
been  included.  This  finance  plan  has  nr.-t 
with  favor  because  it  gives  those  who  have 
worked  hard  and  lived  in  economy  an  op- 
portunity to  put  the  bulk  of  their  posses- 
sions into  a  chainiel  of  everlasting  good, 
without  danger  of  dissipation  and  without 
scattering  to  no  good  effect.  Childless 
homes  thus  are  finding  children,  while  sons 
and  daughters  are  acquiring  new  parents. 
These  foundations  are  being -established  by 
those  in  the  Church  who  have  loved  the 
work  and  the  life  of  the  Church  for  years. 
However,  three  of  the  foundations,  includ- 
ing the  largest  one  yet  secured,  are  from 
people  outside  the  Church,  and  are  an  evi- 
dence that  those  who  arc  well-to-do  or 
wealthy  put  their  seal  of  approval  upon 
large  undertakings  for  the  benefit  of  man- 
kind and  the  extension  of  the  kingdom. 
Other  churches  are  conducting  large  affairs 
that  are  commanding  the  attention  of  gen- 
eral philanthropists,  and  there  is  no  reason 
why  the  United  Brethren  Church  should 
not  be  included  in  this  number. 

Christmas  Offerings 
Before  the  Otterbein  Home  was  estab- 
lished, the  custom  of  Christmas  offerings 
for  Quincy  Orphanage  had  been  established 
for  several  years.  The  plan  was  continued 
and  enlarged,  so  that  the  offerings  from 
churches,  Sunday  schools,  and  otjier  or- 
ganizations at  the  Christmas  time  were  set 
apart  for  the  benefit  of  the  Homes  in  their 
respective  areas.  This  is  a  fruitful  souice 
of  income,  and  one  which  has  been  yield- 
ing more  and  more  year  by  year.  It  is 
hoped  that  this  plan  can  become  universal 
and  include  an  offering  from  every  church 
organization  within  the  territory.  riic 
Christmas  offerings  to  the  Otterbein  Hnmc 
are  given  here  year  by  year,  as  well  as  by 
quadrenniums,  to  show  the  growing  favor 
with  which  this  method  is  regarded  by  our 
people  : 

Year  Cash  Gifts  Qcadrennium 

1913 

1914  $  2,400.34 

1915  3,784.56 

1916  3.228.82        $  9.413.72 

1917  6,183.31 

1918  10.977.78 

1919  12,888.73 

1920  17,170.70        47,220.52 


Besides  these,  the  material  gifts  at  Christ- 
mas have  been  a  wonderful  encouragement. 
In  this,  all  our  churches  and  their  organiza- 
tions can  find  a  part.  The  very  smallest 
gift  is  received  with  gratitude,  and  in  the 
aggregate  there  is  a  mo&t  helpful  supply  of 
things  necessary  for  the  Home.  Since  the 
last  quadrennium.  the  gifts  of  material  have 
been  valued  as  follows  : 
Year  Valte  Qtadrennium 

1917  $   900.00 

1918  1,500.00 

1919  4,023.40 

1920  4,606.57  $11,029.97 
It   seems    that   this    field   also    scarcely   is 

touched.  These  materials  cost  the  indi- 
vidual members  but  a  small  sum,  j'et  bring 
the  consciousness  of  helping  a  good  cause. 
It  is  hoped  that  these  Christmas  ofiferings 
soon  can  be  lifted  to  a  plane  that  will  bring 
to  the  Home  all  the  supplies  of  this  kind 
that  arc  needed  for  twelve  months. 

Interim  Management 

The  trustees  and  the  members  of  the 
executive  committee  are  not  unmindful  of 
the  importance  of  the  trust  committed  to 
them  by  the  General  Conference.  Where 
large  material  holdings  are  involved,  where 
intelligent  direction  of  all  these  possessions 
is  required,  where  rapid  increase  in  funds  is 
a  necessity,  where  moral  and  spiritual  values 
reside  both  active  and  potential  in  the  lives 
of  so  many  in  the  Otterhein  Home  family, 
and  wfiere  eternal  destinies  are  shaped, 
there  is  need  both  for  soberness  and  devo- 
tion. The  trustees  have  tried  to  be  faithful 
to  their  stewardship.  The  executive  com- 
mittee chosen  by  the  trustees  has  rendered 
an  accounting  every  year,  and  this  has 
been  approved.  Upon  the  committee  neces- 
sarily devolves  the  direction  of  this  great 
work.  During  the  first  quadrennium,  the 
trustees  were  called  into  numerous  extra 
sessions,  in  order  to  keep  the  closer  watch 
upon  the  development,  and  to  h&  consulted 
the  more  frequently  regarding  the  financial 
situation.  No  mid-year  meetings  of  the 
trustees  were  held  during  the  past  four 
years.  Practically  all  the  plans  of  the 
executive  committee  were  endorsed,  with 
suggestion  as  to  their  execution.  The 
trustees  themselves  had  certain  other  plans 
from  year  to  year,  which  the  committee 
carried  out.  In  the  successive  annual  meet- 
ings the  general  program  for  the  Home  for 
the  next  fifty  years  became  more  and  more 


fixed  in  the  minds  and  in  the  hearts  of  the 
trustees.  The  chief  business  has  been  to 
discover  ways  and  means,  and  to  decide 
upon  the  best  methods  to  go  forward  with 
the  standing  program,  the  one  presented  to 
the  General  Conference  four  years  ago. 
With"  the  advancement  and  the  enlargement 
of  the  Home,  other  closely  related  lines  of 
work  have  had  necessary  consideration,  as 
given  in  previous  paragraphs  of  this  report. 
The  trustees  are  gripped  by  unshakable  con- 
viction that  whatever  ought  to  be  done  can 
be  done,  if  the  work  is  carried  forward  in 
the  Divine  Will  and  with  the  dominant  pur- 
pose to  honor  God  and  serve  those  who 
are  proper  objects  for  this  Home's  con- 
sideration. 

The  Tenth  Anniversary 
At  its  April  meeting  in  1920,  the  board 
of  trustees  decided  to  celebrate  the  tenth 
anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the 
Home  in  some  befitting  way.  At  that  time, 
March  1,  1923,  the  last  purchase  price  note 
of  $175,000  will  be  due.  In  one  sense,-  this 
must  have  a  compulsory  observance,  but 
all  wish  to  rise  above  the  force  of  necessity, 
and  make  this  tenth  anniversary  one  of 
great  spiritual  meaning  to  the  Home,  and 
to  the  Church.  The  board  of  trustees  at 
its  last  annual  meeting,  April  29,  1921,  heard 
and  approved  a  comprehensive  report  of  the 
executive  committee,  which  included  para- 
graphs relating  to  an  appropriate  observance 
of  the  closing  of  the  first  ten  years  of  Home 
history,  and  its  entrance  upon  a  second 
decade.  The  paragraphs  then  approved  are 
made  an  integral  part  of  this  quadrennial 
report,  as  follows  : 

In  two  more  years,  the  first  decade  of 
Otterbein  Home  activity  will  be  history. 
After  pausing  to  thank  God  for  its  achieve- 
ments, we  must  devote  ourselves  to  prac- 
tical planning.  To  let  this  tenth  anniversary 
pass  by  without  appropriate  observance 
would  be  inexcusable.  To  postpone  thought 
and  plan  another  year  would  be  to  invite 
small  success.  The  exigencies  of  these 
times  forliid  awaiting  the  silver  or  golden 
or  diamond  jubilee.  We  must  act  now  or 
always  be  conscious  of  dereliction  in  duty. 
There  are  some  things  we  must  do,  and 
many  things  we  ought  to  do: 

I-'iVst,  the  debt  of  $175,000  to  the  Sliakcrs 
must  be  paid.  This  is  a  sacred  obligation, 
and  must  be  met.  Already,  money  is  being 
paid  in  for  this  purpose,  and  it  is  being  set 
asitle  to  apply  on   tlie  debt — not   being  car- 


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riecf  merely  as  a  book  ^credit.  While  we 
have  received  only  $300,  this  indicates  tliat 
our  friends  are  watching  the  course  of  the 
Home  and  are  sensible  of  its  needs.  The 
executive  committee  has  ordered  special 
notes  prepared  for  use  in  securing  funds 
to  redeem  this  outstanding  obligation.  It 
is  the  hope  that  such  an  organization  can  be 
built  up  here  as  to  permit  the  superintendent 
to  spend  much  time  among  the  churches  in 
the  next  two  years,  and  thus  directly  and 
indirectljr  promote  the  payment  of  this  note. 

Second,  the  temporary  debt  incurred  by 
building  construction  should  be  paid.  This 
is  not  so  imperative  as  the  other,  but  speedy 
payment  will  obviate  expense  of  carrying 
the  del  it.  Yet,  we  would  not  make  the 
clearing  of  this  current  indebtedness  a 
primary  objective,  believing  that  it  can  be 
handled  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business 
administration,  and  believing  that  a  major 
offensive  against  the.'"'Te  big  note  will  carry 
success  in  eliminatia  f  debt  for  develop- 
ment. 

Third,  the  Otterbein  Home  school  ought 
to  be  endowed.  The  educational  expense 
should  not  be  a  fixed  and  permanent  liability 
against  the  Home.  Every  consideration 
calls  for  the  financial  independence  of  the 
school,  and  that  can  be  achieved  only 
through  adequate  endowment.  The  Home 
school  likely  will  open  next  September  with 
seven  teachers,  with  rapid  increase  in  pros- 
pect. To  pay  twelve  teachers  an  average 
salary  of  $1,000,  would  require  a  permanent 
fund  of  $240,000  bearing  five  percent  inter- 
est. This  takes  no  account  of  capital  in- 
vested, upkeep,  or  maintenance,  compre- 
hending only  salaries  of  teachers.  This 
ought  to  have  a  place  alongside  the  payment 
of  the  last  note,  for  it  will  enable  the  Home 
to  proceed  without  making  more  notes  to 
pay  later.  We  are  convinced  that  friends 
of  the  Home  will  finance  its  school  when 
the  cause  is  presented.  This  endowment 
fund  should'  begin  now.  Then  its  growth 
will  be  easier.  To  wak  ten  years  before 
starting  the  fund  will  invite  greater  diffi- 
culties in  securing  it.  If  we  start  now,  it 
will  grow  with  the  need. 

.An  endowment  for  manual  training  as  a 
thing  in  itself  is  an  equal  necessity,  though 
a  smaller  amount  would  suffice  for  a  few 
years.  But  $50,000  for  this  work,  as  a 
permanent  fund,  should  be  included  among 
immediate  objectives,  to  be  increased  as 
needed. 


I'ourth,  college  scholarships  are  a  neces- 
sity. These  should  be  not  less  than  $5,000 
each.  The  Home  now  has  one  daughter  in 
college.  She  will  have  three  brothers  as 
associates  next  fall.  Somebody  must  pay 
the  bills.  It  would  be  criminal  to  stunt  this 
intellectual  growth.  A  year  ago,  Dr.  J.  R. 
King  and  wife  set  aside  ten  thousand  dollars 
for  such  permanent  fund.  For  every  son 
or  daughter  the  Otterbein  Home  furnishes 
for  college,  a  scholarship  of  $5,000  should  be 
supi)lied.  This  calls  for  another  gift  of 
$10,000  by  September,  or  two  gifts  of  $5,000 
each.  If  this  is  taken  in  time,  it  will  not 
be  hard  to  keep  up ;  but  catching  up  will  be 
more  difficult. 

b'iftli.  development  plans  should  receive 
strong  emphasis.  Repair  and  alteration  of 
some  present  buildings  will  be  necessary 
for  their  use,  but  we  counsel  postponement 
of  any  further  new  building  till  the  funds 
are  at  command.  This  does  not  mean  to 
sit  down  and  await  showers  of  money  bless- 
ing. It  advises  the  most  diligent  and  con- 
stant search  for  funds.  There  are  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  dollars  that  will  come  to  the 
Otterbein  Home  or  will  not  come  into  the 
channels  of  Church  work  at  all.  But  secur- 
ing it  means  complete  faith  in  God,  abound- 
ing faith  in  men,  and  an  activity  on  our 
part  begotten  of  this  double  faith.  We  are 
confident  that  memorial  buildings  can  be 
secured.  "Hitherto,  we  have  been  compelled 
to  devote  time  and  strength  to  the  general, 
so  that  special  appeals  have  gone  by  default. 
But  henceforth  the  special  work  must  have 
much  attention. 

All  these  things  must  have  large  place 
in  our  plans  for  proper  celebration  of  the 
tenth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of 
this  Home.  Both  our  financial  obligations 
and  our  financial  necessities  coincide  with 
an  important  anniversary,  and  we  recom- 
mend that  this  board  put  the  seal  of  en- 
dorsement upon  these  worthy  ends  as  the 
best  way  the  Home  can  serve  God  and  help 
those  in  its  charge  to  prepare  for  large 
service  to  God  and  to  men. 

Otterbein   Homk   Family 

There  has  been  a  constant  effort  and  an 
emphasized  purpose  to  keep  .the  Otterbein 
ilome  on  a  substantial  basis,  and  to  keep 
it  topped  with  a  purpose  deserving  of  the 
recognition  and  approval  of  Heaven.  The 
primary  interest  is  not  acres  of  good  soil, 
not  crops  of  wheat  and  corn,  not  droves  of 


hogs  and  herds  of  cattle,  not  a  full  equip- 
ment of  farm  machinery,  not  piles  of  brick 
and  stone  in  the  shape  of  buildings.  All 
these  have  a  secondary  place,  though  an 
essential  place.  They  are  not  the  end  of  the 
Otterbein  Home,  though  they  are  a  neces- 
sary means  to  an  end.  They  are  not  the 
object  of  final  consideration.  The  purpose 
to  keep  the  proper  relation  between  persons 
and  possessions  persists,  and  this  means 
a  confession  of  trusteeship  rather  than 
ownership.  If  the  Master  commended  a 
man  who  made  friends  by  the  use  of  mam- 
mon, certainly  he  will  not  withhold  approval 
from  an  interest  of  this  kind  which  has  no 
selfish  consideration  whatever,  if  it  uses  the 
material  blessings  of  God  to  provide 
l)hysical,  mental,  social,  moral,  and  spiritual 
Ijlessings  for  those  who  have  no  chance  or 
but  a  half  chance. 

Nor  would  we  assert  that  mere  creature 
cojn  forts    are   a   sufficiently   worthy   end   to 
command  the  time,   and  strength,  and  con- 
.lecration  that  must  go  with  the  conduct  of 
r-uch  a  cause  as  the  Otterbein  Home  repre- 
'••ents.     Children   must   be    fed   and   clothed, 
adults     at     the     end     of     their     productive 
strength   must   receive   care,   and   sympathy, 
and  comfort.     For  the  younger  ones,  there 
must   be   plans    for   education,   and   training 
toward    some    vocation    which    will    make 
independent     and     useful     citizens.     These 
boys  and   girls   will  go  out  to  mingle  with 
I  he    world    and    cause    some    change    in    its 
moral  and  spiritual  texture.     All  this  is  very 
important ;   yet,   we  wonder   whether,  after 
;ill,    the    training    received    by    the   children 
and   the   care   received   by   the   older   people 
should  not  be  regarded  first  of  all  a  culti- 
vation   of    Christian    character,    so    that    all 
these  should  become  more  like  their  Master 
and  their  Lord.     So,  Christlikeness  of  char- 
acter is  set  down  as  the  final  purpose  in  the 
conduct  of  this   Home.     Without  this,  even 
productive    fields    and    full    granaries    fail, 
eciuipment  of  stock  and  machinery,  reach  no 
worthy  end,  the  school  system  comes  short 
of  its  mark,  and  everything  else  that  is  done 
is    temporal    rather    than    eternal.     Hence, 
spiritual   values   are   placed   first,   and   fore- 
most,   and    constant,    while    everything   else 
must    take   secondary    place.     But    all    these 
other  things  are  placed  under  tribute  by  the 
high-class,    spiritual    attainment,    and    there 
is    a   constant    transmutation    of    things    of 
earth    into   the   coin   of   the   heavenly   king- 
dom.    This   is  the  goal,  and  it  is  the  ever- 


lasting purpose  to  bring  the  weekly,  the 
monthly,  and  the  yearly  achievement  up 
closer  to  the  goal  tliat  dare  not  be  lowered. 

The  applications  for  entrance  seem  to 
liave  no  limit.  The  trustees,  and  through 
them  the  members  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee, desire  to  be  impartial  in  consideration  of 
applications.  They  hope  and  pray  that  the 
time  soon  will  come  when  no  applicant  who 
is  both  worthy  and  needy  will  have  to  be 
turned  aside  or  even  held  at  arm's  length. 
While  the  Home  is  unable  to  admit  all  that 
are  deserving  of  a  place  here,  the  decisions 
of  those  in  charge  must  sometimes  appear 
arl)itrary.  The  idea  is  held  out,  always,  that 
application  for  admission  should  be  the  last 
resort — after  all  other  plans  have  failed. 
Even  so,  those  in. official  position  have  been 
compelled  to  limit  the  number  r«,ceiving  care. 
Room  is  not  at  command,  and  funds  are  not 
at  hand  to  secure  the  room.  We  believe 
that  generous-hearted  United  Brethren  ajid 
friends  beyond  our  borders  will  render  aid 
in  this  material  enlargement,  with  a  view  to 
extending  the  service  of  the  Home,  with'  the 
final  purpose  to  construct  character  fit  for 
heavenly  association.  To  this  end  we  pray 
for  God's  guidance  and  blessing,  and  this 
includes  prayer  for  the  obedience  of  men 
and  women  to  the  Divine  Will  respecting 
gifts  during  their  life  and  disposition  of 
their  estates  when  they  are  called  home. 

General  Conference  Duties 

In  harmony  with  the  constitution  of  the 
Otterbein  Home,  adopted  by  the  General 
Conference  of  1913,  the  trustee  terms  of 
J.  M.  Coga-n,  Fred  H.  Rike,  and  J.  M. 
Fhillippi  expire  with  this  session.  These 
vacancies  are  to  be  filled  by  this  General 
Conference,  and  nominations  are  referred 
respectfully  to  the  nominating  committee. 
The  -trusteeship  held  by  Bishop  G.  M. 
Mathews  was  \acated  by  his  death  on  April 
3.  The  constitution  provides  that  vacancies 
occurring  during  the  quadrennium  shall  be 
filled  by  the  toard  of  trustees  until  the  next 
meeting  of  the  General  Conference.  As  an 
appointee  by  the  trustees  would  have  had 
only  fifteen  days  to  serve  before  the  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Conference,  this  position 
was  left  vacant,  and  a  successor  is  to  be 
elected  by  this  General  Conference  for  eight 
years,  the  unexpired  part  of  the  twelve-year 
term   of   Bishop  Mathews.  » 

Tiic    trustees,    in    session    on    April    29, 
1921,     passed     a    special    memorial    to    the 


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General  Conference,  that,  in  tlie  financial 
plan  of  the  Church  for  the  next  quadren- 
ninin,  it  he  given  the  privilege  as  hereto- 
fore of  soliciting  gifts  within  its  cooper- 
ative area  for  the  maintenance  and  enlarge- 
ment of  its  work.  The  trustees  did  not 
comprehend  any  change  in  the  system  of 
Christmas  offerings  for  the  benefit  of  the 
various  l)cnevolent  homes  of  the  Church, 
desiring  and  expecting  that  this  oppor- 
tunity for  all  our  people  to  show  the  spirit 
of  the  Christ  in  a  most  practical  way  will  he 
continued   indefinitely. 

C.\REFUL     M.\N.\GEMENT 

When  extensive  holdings  are  involved,  on 
the  careful  conduct  of  which  large  moral 
and  spiritual  interests  depend,  there  is  a  de- 
mand for  careful  management  and  financing. 
At  the  same  time,  officials  must  be  vigilant 
that  cold-hearted  business  and  figures  do 
not  rule  faith  out  of  the  management.  The 
trustees  have  l^een  conservative.  The  Otter- 
bein  Home  farm  is  held  in  the  invoice  at 
the  original  purchase  price.  No  real  estate 
has  l^een  advanced  in  the  invoice  figures. 
There  could  be  an  increase  both  in  the 
valuation  of  the  Otterbein  Home  farm,  and 
other  real  estate  deeded  to  the  Home,  and 
still  not  cross  the  line  of  conservatism ;  yet. 
the  trustees  prefer  to  err  on  this  side  rather 
than  on  the  other.  At  the  last  meeting  of 
the  trustee  board,  was  decided  to  hold  all 
property  at  present  invoice  figures  for  four 
years  more,  then  make  a  re-appraisal  for 
report  to  the  General  Conference  of  1925, 
and  re-appraise  just  before  every  succeeding 
General  Conference. 

In  addition  to  some  statistical  figures  on 
another  page,  a  few  general  statements  are 
in   place : 

The  administration  building,  dining  hall, 
and  dairy  barn  will  be  completed  according 
to  plans,  and  any  secondary  construction 
work  that  is  needed.  Other  expansion 
should  await  t'he  securing  of  funds. 

First  attention  must  be  given  to  the  pay- 
ment of  the  rest  of  the  purchase  price  of 
the  ground.  Toward  this,  the  Home  has 
some  assets  in  first  mortgage  notes  that 
may  be  negotiated.  It  has  other  assets  in 
real  estate  holdings  that  may  be  used  if  a 
satisfactory  sale  can  be  effected.  Other 
means  will  come  into  the  treasury  by  the 
natural  course  of  events,  so  that  with  dili- 
gence  in   gathering   funds   there   should   be 


no  insurmountalMe  difficulty  in  meeting  this 
payment. 

For  the  first  year  in  the  history  of  the 
Home,  the  farm  did  not  yield  enough,  with 
production  at  high  cost  and  sales  on  a  fall- 
ing market,  to  ixiy  maintenance  costs,  so 
expense  for  maintenance  the  past  year  is 
added  to  partial  cost  of  the  new  buildings 
and  appears  as  a  liability  against  the  Home. 
The  officials  knew  that  the  extensive  neces- 
sary building  would  require  a  much  larger 
outlay  than  the  income  during  the  construc- 
tion period,  but  the  Home  has  assets  which 
are  altogether  reliable,  and  which  can  be 
used  in  course  of  time  to  meet  this  obliga- 
tion. It  would  lie  a  mark  of  unwisdom  to 
increase  liabilities  without  anything  in  the 
asset  column  to  balance. 

While  the  Home  needs  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars,  and  needs  it  now,  those 
in  charge  have  a  spirit  of  gratitude,  and  not 
one  of  criticism  for  the  attitude  of  the 
Church  toward  the  Home.  They  feel  grate- 
ful because  our  Church  people  regard  the 
Home  with  sufficient  favor  to  apply  for  the 
admission  of  children  and  adults.  They  are 
grateful,  too,  that  so  much  money  has  teen 
consecrated  to  this  sacred  use,  with  the  full 
confidence  of  the  donors  that  it  will  be 
applied  honestly  and  conscientiously. 

Training  in  Music 
After  the  last  General  Conference,  the 
Otterbein  Home  band  was  organized.  The 
instruments  were  received  July  6,  1917. 
Rev.  O.  F.  Bilger,  a  pastor  in  Miami  con- 
ference, was  employed  as  bandmaster  and 
director,  and  has  had  charge  of  this  work 
at  the  Home  ever  since.  Under  his  careful 
and  efficient  tuition,  the  music  ability  of  the 
Otterbein  Home  boys  and  girls  has  been 
developed  in  a  remarkable  way.  The  band 
has  been  on  duty  at  public  occasions  of  high 
order,  and  always  has  won  the  admiration 
of  the  people.  Constant  shifting  of  the 
members  is  inevitable,  so  that  the  more  skill- 
ful players  pass  out  into  active  life,  and  new 
recruits  are  added  to  train  for  the  other 
places.  The  achievements  of  the  band 
seem  the  more  remarkable  when  this  con- 
stant renewal  of  its  membership  is  taken 
into  consideration,  but  the  anticipated  ap- 
pearance of  the  band  l>efore  the  General 
Conference  makes  any  further  reference  to 
its  accomplishments  unnecessary  here. 

An  orchestra  also  has  been  organized  at 
the  Otterbein  Home  by  the  doubling  of  band 


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instruments  and  the  addition  of  others. 
The  Otterbcin  Home  scliool,  which  was 
organized  during  the  quadreimium  as  a 
special  district  under  the  State  laws,  is 
assembled  daily  by  a  selected  number  of 
instruments   used  by  members  of  the  band. 

Several  pianos  have  been  presented  to  the 
Home,  instruments  of  splendid  value.  These 
were  supplemented  by  the  purchase  of  four 
other  instruments  from  the  Williams  Com- 
pany of  Chicago,  one  of  them  a  grand 
piano,  this  company  recognizing  the  benevo- 
lent and  philanthropic  character  of  the 
Home  in  the  prices  submitted. 

Vocal  music  is  far  ahead  in  the  Home,  in 
which  tile  boys  and  girls  have  instruction 
both  in  the  Home  as  such,  and  in  the 
public  school.  This  has  resulted  in  the 
organization  of  a  choir,  which  is  very 
creditable  to  the  Home,  and  a  fine  spiritual 
asset  to  the   Sabbath  worship. 

SriKiru.M.  Cri.TURE 

b'our  years  ago.  Superintendent  John  R. 
King  was  serving  as  pastor  of  the  Otter- 
bein  Home  church.  This  duty  he  was  willing 
to  assume  in  addition  to  all  other  labor  he 
was  performing,  in  order  that  the  Home 
might  proceed  as  economically  as  possible; 
but.  in  the  fall  of  1920,  it  seemed  best  to  all 
to  have  a  regular  pastor,  and  Rev.  J.  P. 
Hendrix  was  appointed.  He  also  assumed 
the  duties  of  superintendent  of  the  Otter- 
bein  Home  schools.  This  is  a  conibination 
which  rarely  can  be  made  with  success,  but 
Mr.  Hendrix  admirably  fills  both  places,  to 
the  spiritual  culture  of  the  soul,  and  to  the 
intellectual  development  of  the  mind. 

The  Otterbein  Home  church  is  organized 
throughout,  maintaining  its  own  Sunday 
-school  and  church  services  and  prayer- 
meeting,  and  having  three  as  fine  Christian 
luidcavor  societies  as  can  be  discovered 
anywhere  in  the  Church.  Revival  services 
.are  held  regularly,  and  from  this  the  adqlts 
in  the  Home  receive  great  encouragement, 
and  those  of  younger  years  eitJier  confess 
their  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  or  are  confirmed 
in  that  faith. 

Those  at  the  Home  have  many  opportuni- 
ties to  come  in  contact  with  our  own  lead- 
ing churchmen,  and  prominent  men  in  other 
churches  and  in  the  world  of  affairs.     This 


gives  them  an  encouraging  and  wide-vis-, 
ioned  outlook  upon  life,  and  enables  then^ 
to  reach  forward,  hopeful  of  making  their 
own   lives   influential   and  useful. 

Rei..\tio\  to  Sh.akers  ; 

Our  relation  to  the  Shakers,  both  those 
who  reside  locally  and  those  having  resi- 
dence at  East  Canterbury,  New  Hampshirev. 
has  been  a  constant  inspiration  to  us.  These 
people  of  high  class  and  high  character- 
have  our  sincerest  esteem.  In  a  business, 
way,  in  a  social  way,  and  in  a  religious  way, 
they  have  risen  in  our  appreciation  with 
every  casual  meeting,  every  social  inter- 
course, every  business  conference.  We  can- 
not speak  adequately  of  their  manifest  good 
will  and  appreciation  of  the  character  of 
our  work.  We  count  it  an  honor  to  be  their 
successors  at  the  old  Union  village  stand,' 
and  pray  the  Heavenly  Father  that  the 
transfer  of  the  holdings  they  had  gathered 
together  through  a  period  of  108  years 
never  may  be  followed  by  conduct  of  affairs 
at  the  Home  that  would  bring  any  disap- 
proval on  the  part  of  the  Father  in  heaven 
to  whom  we  render  mutual  service  and 
ascribe  mutual   honor. 

l'".\cTs  IN  Figures 

1917  1921 

Old    People 36                85 

Children     92               176 

Buildings    used 2                  6 

House  and  office  help 9                21 

Teachers    2                  5 

Scholars     M               1 56 

High  school 3                31 

College     0                   1 

Honorably  dismissed 0                  3 

Deaths  in  four  years 4                2Z 

Christmas  Cash"  ..$    6.183.31  $17,117.70 
Contingent     Notes 

oh   hand     31.966.00  28,933.50 

Gross   Assets    ....  478.993.80  788,531.08 

Net   Assets    242.759.18  408,501.84 

l""(unidations     5  32 

l":irnis    cultivated.  .                   2  5 

Acres     1250  2500 

Leased      6  3 

Acres    2750  1500 

Respectfully   submitted, 

J.  M.  Phim.ifim,  Secretary. 


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Distributing  the  Four  Million 
Fund 

By  action  of  the  Board  of  Adniinistration,  which  action  was  published 
throughout  the  Church  before  the  pledges  were  taken,  the  receipts  on  the  Four 
Million  Fund  are  being  applied  on  two  kinds  of  causes;  namely,  il  ) Pi'ferred 
Causes  or  Claims,  and   (2)    Xoii-Prrfcrrcd  Causes. 

I     THE  PREFERRED  CAUSES  OR  CLAIMS 
There  are  two  classes  of  Preferred  Claims. 

1.  The  Preferred  Claiuis  of  the  Annual  Conferences. 

Based  on  supveys,  a  certain  amount  has  been  allotted  to  each  annual  confer- 
ence to  meet  its  current  needs  for  the  two  years.  This  money  is  used  for  Con- 
ference Extension,  the  College  for  current  work,  and  other  specified  items. 

TWie  total  amount  allotted  to  annual  conferences  for  the  two  years,  aggregates 
$tJ12,888;  for  a  year  $306,444;  for  a  quarter  $76,611;  for  a  month  $25,537.  This 
represents  a  good  advance  over  former  years.  The  conference  treasurer  sends, 
on  the  25th  of  each  month,  to  the  General  Church  Treasurer,  Dayton,  Ohio,  the 
total  amount  received  on  the  Four  Million  Fund,  less  one-twenty-fourth  (1  24) 
of  the  amount  allotted  to  his  conference  for  the  two  years,  which  is  the  amount 
due  his  conference  on  Preferred  Claims.  A  i-eceipt  for  this  Preferred  Claim 
accompanies  the  remittance  of  money  each  month  to  the  General  Church 
Treasurer. 

2.  The  Preferred  Claims  of  the  General  Causes. 

These  are  divided  into  two  classes. 

(1)  $550,000  (less  one  ijereent  inidistributed)  liave'heen  granted  to' the 
Causes  which  were  represented  formerJii  in  the  General  Benevolence  Budget,  to 
meet  their  current  needs  for  the  two  yedrs.  This  Preferred  Claim  is 
distributed  monthly  on  the  pei'centage  basis  approved  and  in  operation  for  the 
General  Benevolences  before  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  was  organized, 
namely,  for 

Month  Quarter  Year  Two  Yrs. 

Home    Missions    $  7,791.67     $  23,375.00     $  93,500  $187,000  34     % 

Foreign  Missions 7,791.67  23,375.00  93,500  187,000  34     % 

Church    Erection    2,291.67  6,875.00  27,500  55,000  10     % 

Bonebrake    Seminary    1,833.33  5,500.00  22,000  44,000  8     % 

Board   of   Education 1,145.83  3,437.50  13,750  27,500  5     % 

Sunday-School  Board 1,031.25  3,093.75  12,375  24,750  414% 

Young    People's    Work-__  572.92  1,718.75  6,875  13,750  2i.^% 

Evangelism    229.16  687.50  2,750  5,500  1     % 

Total : $  22,687.50     $  68,062.50     $272,250     $544,500 


This  Preferred  Claim  gives  the  General  Causes  a  reasonable  increase  above 
what  they  received  formerly  from  the  General  Benevolence  Budget.  It  enables 
them  to  more  nearly  meet  the  unusual  demands  upon  them  for  their  current 
work,  but  it  does  not  provide  for  extension. 

(2)      The  Preferred  Claims  for  Adviinistrative  Work. 

For  Bishops'  salaries,  General  Church  Treasurer's  office,  and  Board  of 
Administration,  $50,000  have  been  granted  for  the  two  years:  for  General  Con- 
ference Expenses,  $25,000:  for  Campaign  and  Promotional  Expenses  by  the 
United  Enlistment  Movement,  $102,112  for  the  two  years.  Total  for  adminis- 
trative work  for  the  two  years,  $177,112:  for  a  year  $88,556:  for  a  quarter, 
$22,1.39:  for  a  month,  $7,379.06. 

II  NON-PREFERRED  CAUSES 
For  Endowment,  Equipment,  Extension.  Debt,  Scholarship,  etc. 
The  Board  of  Administration  voted  that  after  the  Preferred  Claims  have  been 
met  that  "All  other  interests  in  the  General  Budget  shall  receive  in  proportion  to 
the  amount  fixed  for  them."  The  Board  itself  figured  out  the  amount  for  each 
of  these  other  interests  by  deducting  the  Preferred  Claims  from  the  allotments 
to  the  various  causes  in  the  Four  Million  Budget  which  gives  to  the  Non- 
Preferred  Causes,  the  following 'amounts  with  the  fixed  percentage  for  each: 

Foreign   Missions    $507,000, 

Home    Missions    -. 202,000, 

Church  Erection   345,000, 

Preachers'  Pension  Fund 400,000, 

Sunday-School  Board  of  Control 10,250, 

Sunday-School    Centennial    40,000, 

Young    People's    Work 2,250, 

Evangelism    14,500, 

College   Scholarship  Fund - 63,500, 

Bonebrake   Seminary   206,000, 

Seminary    Scholarship   Fund 75,000, 

Otterbein  College  200,000, 

Lebanon    Valley    College 200,000, 

Indiana    Central    University 120,000, 

Kansas   City   University 100,000, 

York  College   . 100,000, 

Philomath   College   40,000, 

Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institute ■-^- 40,000, 

Total    '- $2,665,500, 

Distribution  When  Designated  Gifts  Have  Been  Made 

Gifts  lor  the  support  of  special  objects  such  as  buildings,  missionaries  and 
scholarships,  shall  be  received  and  applied  on  the  allotment  of  the  Four  Million 
to  the  Non-Preferred  Claims  of  the  societies  and  institutions  for  jwhich  the 
gifts  are  designated.  Designated  gifts,  in  the  past,  have  always  been  applied 
over  and  above  the  General  Benevolence  Budget,  and  such  gifts  now  will  be 
applieil  over  and  above  the  Preferred  Claims  of  the  General  Causes  which  are 
but  the  former  budget  lifted   to  a   higher  plane.     As   stated,   these   large   Non- 


or 

19.02% 

or 

7.58% 

or 

12.97% 

or 

15.     % 

or 

.38% 

or 

1.5  % 

or 

.09% 

or 

.54% 

or 

2.38% 

or 

7.72% 

or 

2.82% 

or 

7.5  % 

or 

7.5   % 

or 

4.5  % 

or 

3.75% 

or 

3.75% 

or 

1.5  % 

or 

1.5  % 

or 

100.00% 

Preferred  Claims  agrsreprate  $2.r>(i.-,.r,on.  Every  Bishop,  and  other  General 
Officer.  Conference  Superintendent  and  Pastor,  is  urged  to  secure  special  desig- 
nated gifts  to  assist  in  reaching  the  full  quota  of  the  Four  Million. 

Hon-  shall  the  distribution  be  made  to  the  Non-Preferred  interests  after  thv 
Preferred  Claims  have  been  .satisfied,  if  designated  (lifts  have  beer,  reeeiredf 
• 

-Multiply  the  amount  on  hand,  including  the  designated  gifts,  hy  the  per- 
centage due  each  of  the  Non-Preferred  Claims,  as  shown  under  "II-Non-Preferred 
Causes.-  The  result  will  he  the  amount  that  should  be  credited  to  each  of  the 
Xou-Preferred  Causes. 


A  Practical  Illustration 

Suppose  that  there  remains,  after  the  distribution  to  Preferred  Causes 
$13.;.ls,..30  to  be  distributed  to  the  Non-Preferred  Claims,  and  that  included  in 
th!s  amount  are  the  following  designated  gifts:  for  Lebanon  Vallev  College 
So.ooO:  Otterbein  College  $8,000;  Indiana  Central  College  $3,000;  Church  Erection 
llo.O.M):  Home  Missions  $8,000;  Foreign  Missions  $10,000.  what  amount  would 
each  of  the  Non-Preferred  Causes  receive  when  the  distribution  is  made? 

Making  the  calculation  on  the  percentage  basis  given  under  'II-Non- 
Preferred  Causes"  we  get  the  following: 

Designated     Undesignated 
t:,       .        ,,.     .  Gifts  Money 

Foreign   Missions   . $25,332.26  ($10,000  $15,332.26) 

Home  Missions 10,095.61  (     8.000  2  095  61) 

Church  Erection  17,274.42  (   15.000  2.'274"42) 

Preachers'   Pension   Fund    19,978.13 

Sunday-School    Board    of    Control 506.11 

Sunday-School    Centennial    1,997.81 

Young  People's  Work 119.87 

Evangelism    719.22 

College   Scholarship  3,169.86 

Bonebrake   Seminary   10,282.08 

Seminary   Scholarships   3,755.89 

Otterbein  College   9,989.06  (     8,000  1989  06) 

Lebanon  Valley  College 9,989.06  (     5.000  4  989  06) 

Indiana  Central  University 5,993,44  (     3,000  2,993.44) 

Kansas   City   University   4,994.53 

York   College 4,994.53 

Philomath  College   • 1,997.81 

Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institute 1,997.81 

Total   $133,187.50 

If  for  the  month  or  quarter  the  designated  gifts  to  any  Non-Preferred  Cause 
should  be  greater  than  the  amount  coming  to  said  cause  on  the  fixed  percentage 
basis,  said  cause  should  be  credited  with  the  full  amount  of  the  designated  gifts 
no  matter  how  large  they  may  be.  If  such  should  occur,  then  that  particular 
cause  will  not  share  in  the  undesignated  money  until  the  undesignated  receipts 
are  sufficient  to  bring  up  all  the  other  Non-Preferred  Claims  to  the  standard  of 
the  one  which  has  received  the  large  designated  gifts. 


Tims  when  the  distribution  is  made  the  undesignated  money  remaining 
after  the  Preferred  Claims  have  been  satisfied  will  be  used  to  lift  all  the  causes 
toward  their  pro  rata  share  of  the  Xon-Preferred  Claims. 

By  adding  the  amount  any  cause  receives  from  the  Preferred  Claim  to  the 
amount  it  receives  from  the  Non-Preferred  Claim  which  includes  designated 
gifts,  will  give  the  total  receipts  of  said  cause  for  the  Tieriod  covered  by  the 
distribution. 


REPORT   OF 


The  Ouincy  United  Brethren 
Orphanage  and  Home 

H.  J.  KITZMILLER,   Superintendent 


To  THK  Dklegatks  OF  THE  Gknerai,  Coxff:kex(E. 

Dear  Coworkers: 

In  the  Providence  of  God  this  quadrennial  report  of  the  Quincy  United 
Brethren  Orphanage  and  Home,  representing  the  first  benevolent  in- 
stitution in  our  denomination,  is  presented  in  the  sincere  desire  that 
all  who  read  may  be  inspired  to  cooperate  to  greater  degree  with  a  work 
which  has  to  deal  with  issues  as  far  reaching  as  eternity.  World  con- 
ditions which  prevailed  during  the  quadrennium  are  well  known  and 
the  benevolent  institution  with  other  interests  had  serious  problems 
with  which  to  deal.  Thank  God,  there  are  the  "sounds  of  a  going  in  the 
tops  of  the  mulberry  trees"  and  above  the  horizon  of  a  bleeding  world 
there  are  the  faint  glimmerings  of  the  dawning  of  a  better  day. 


SURVEY. 

There  are  in  the  Home  110  children,  62  boys,  4S  girls,  and  39  old 
people.  During  the  quadrennium  75  children  were  admitted,  47  released 
under  the  age  limit  where  relatives  provided  satisfactory  homes,  and 
25  wefe  honorably  dismissed  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 

In  the  Old  People's  department  28  were  admitted,  and  18  answered 
the  last  roll  call  and  passed  to  their  eternal  home;  39  are  now  in  the 
Home. 

The  general  health  of  our  children  has  been  exceedingly  good,  hav- 
ing had  no  epidemic  or  seiious  sickness  with  any  of  the  children.   With 


the  old  people,  who  are  in  the  evening  time  of  life,  with  frail  bodies 
and  organit-  troubles,  there  is  naturally  more  illness  to  deal  with,  and 
the  physician's  service  is  regularly  needed.  Rev.  Z.  A.  ColestOck,  the 
oldest  member  in  the  Home,  is  in  his  ninety-eighth  year,  and  a  number 
are  high  in  the  eighties.  These  old  people  as  wards  of  the  Church,  have 
every  comfort  and  ministration  needed  to  enable  them  to  peacefully 
pass  the  evening  time  of  life,  and  directed  to  the  home  on  high.  The 
Quincy  Home  advocates  and  practices  the  spiritual,  intellectual,  and 
industrial  training  of  the  children  under  our  care.    ' 

RELIGIOUS    TRAINING. 

Our  children  are  daily  in  contact  with  religious  influence,  by  precept 
and  example.  Morning  and  evening  they  assemble  for  devotional 
service,  on  the  Sabbath,  Sunday  school  and  preaching  service  are 
attended  in  the  local  church,  and  a  Junior  service  held  on  Sunday  after- 
noon. As  a  rule  our  children  become  members  of  the  church,  and  at 
their  dismissal,  receive  their  church  membership  transfer.  Obser- 
vation teaches  us  that  this  religious  training  is  of  vital  importance  in 
after  years. 

SCHOOL  WORK. 

Oui-  school  work  has  been  under  the  supervision  of  the  township  in 
our  own  school  building,  and  township  scholars  coming  to  our  building, 
and  our  high  school  scholars  going  to  the  township  high  school.  By 
recent  action  of  our  executive  committee  it  has  been  decided  to  conduct 
our  own  school  work  in  harmony  with  our  industrial  work,  and  that  no 
township  pupils  will  be  accommodated  in  our  building.  This  order  is 
generally  followed  by  sister  denominations  in  their  orphanage  work, 
and  best  results  can  l)e  obtained. 

INDUSTRIAL    TRAINING. 

We  are  living  in  an  age  when  vocational  training  in  the  public 
schools  is  being  greatly  emphasized,  and  it  is  of  the  greatest  importance 
to  the  boy  or  girl  passing  from  the  Orphan's  Home  into  the  activities  of 
life  that  they  be  trained  to  work,  as  their  resources  will  be  dependent 
upon  their  own  earning  power.  Jesus. by  precept  and  example  taught 
the  importance  of  work  and  the  dignity  of  labor. 

We  are  constructing  an  industrial  building  with  equipment  which 
will  cost  $70,000.00.  Our  bakery,  laundry,  machine  shop,  woodworking, 
broom  making,  dairy,  and  various  other  departments  will  be  accom- 
modated in  this  building,  and  our  boys  and  girls  will  here  receive 
vocational  training  in   connection   with  their  school   worl-    that   will   be 

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of  vital  importance  to  them  as  citizens  of  the  coming  day,  and  a  splendid 
investment  by  those  who  help  to  make  it  possible. 

In  all  our  operations  our  l)oys  and  girls  assist  in  the  general  work. 
Thousands  of  dollars  have  been  saved,  and  our  boys  trained  to  do  things 
by  their  assistance  in  all  our  building  operations  and  general  work. 
Being  occupied  in  industrial  work  aside  from  their  recreation,  not  only 
helps  in  the  general  work,  but  solves  the  problem  of  discipline. 

THE   FARM. 

Our  farm,  consisting  of  17.'.  acres,  has  been  a  valuable  asset  in  our 
work.  Our  dairy,  poultry,  fruit,  and  general  farm  crops  are  operated 
on  best  modern  methods  and  good  results  have  been  obtained,  and  in  all 
this  work  our  boys  render  valuable  help.  Apples  and  by-products,  milk, 
butter,  eggs,  poultry,  pork,  potatoes,  vegetables  in  season  are  produced 
from  the  farm  for  Home  consumption.  White  leghorn  chickens, 
Guernsey  cattle,  and  Berkshire  hogs  are  the  breeds  used  in  our  work. 
During  the  quadrennium  there  was  sold  from  the  farm  in  excess  of 
Home  consumption,  produce  to  the  value  of  $1.5,133.38. 

BAKERY. 

Our  bakery  as  a  department  for  furnishing  the  Home  with  bread,  as 
well  as  training  our  boys,  has  been  of  vital  importance.  We  serve  public 
trade.  On  an  average  we  bake  twenty-five  barrels  of  flour  per  week. 
The  bakery  for  the  quadrennium  furnished  all  bread  and  rolls  for 
Home  consumption  and  over  and  above  all  operating  expenses  made  a 
net  cash  profit  of  $950.24. 

FINANCES. 

During  the  quadrennium  we  have  been  without  a  regular  field 
secretary  and  our  financial  income  has  been  from  the  Christmas  annual 
free  will  offering,  and  such  voluntary  special  gifts  as  came  our  way. 
A  few  small  bequests  and  annuities 'were  received.  In  order  to  secure 
the  lavger  special  gifts,  bequests,  and  annuities  it  is  necessary  to  have 
an  active,  efficient  field  secretary.  Total  receipts  for  the  quadrennium 
$27f;,(J47.46,  expenditures  $288,002.55,  balance  on  hand  $48,644.91.  This 
amount  of  balance  is  on  hand  as  the  result  of  the  sale  of  bonds  for 
Industrial  Building.  Our  total  assets  above  liabilities  amount  to 
$154,231.93.  A  net  gain  of  assets  over  liabilities  for  quadrennium  of 
$49,252.39. 


RESULTS. 

In  a  benevolent  work  we  are  dealing  with  human  lives,  destined  to 
live  forever.  Results  cannot  be  reckoned  on  a  commercial  basis.  Dur- 
ing the  quadrennium  fifty-five  old  people  received  Christian  ministra- 
tion in  the  Home.  Of  this  number  eighteen  were  administered  to  in 
the  time  of  affliction  and  death,  and  received  Christian  burial. 

Twenty-five  boys  and  girls  were  honorably  dismissed  at  the  age  of 
eighteen.  They  have  gone  out  into  the  world,  and  their  record  in  the 
various  vocations  of  life  reflects  credit  to  the  Church  that  gave  them 
fostering  care  and  training  when  they  were  stranded  on  the  threshhold 
of  life  without  a  chance.  Since  the  opening  of  the  Home  in  1903,  sixty- 
four  have  been  honorably  dismissed,  and  ninety-five  percent  of  this 
number  are  making  good  in  the  walks  of  life. 

OUR    NEEDS. 

Our  greatest  need  at  present  is  financial  assistance  to  make  possible 
the  payment  of  bonds  sold  for  the  erection  of  our  industrial  building 
now  in  course  of  construction.  This  building  with  equipment  will  cost 
$70,000.  We  need  several  cottages  to  accommodate  our  large  waiting 
list  of  children  and  old  people.  An  endowment  fund  of  $50,000  should 
be  established  to  help  take  care  of  our  school  work.  The  building  of 
memorial  cottages  by  personc  of  means  to  be  occupied  by  them  is  in 
harmony  with  our  plan,  and  several  parties  are  interested  in  this  line 
of  development.  Every  congregation  in  the  cooperating  territory  should 
cooperate  to  the  full  extent  of  their  ability  with  the  Christmas  annual 
free  will  offering. 

Special  donations  of  clothing,  provisions,  etc.,  help  decidedly  in  the 
work.  This  is  the  Master's  work,  and  he  needs  our  cooperation  with 
him  to  carry  forward  this  benevolent  work. 

"Freely  ye  have  received,  freety  give." 


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COMBINED 

QUADRENNIAL  REPORTS 

of  the 

General  Church  Treasurer 

to  the 

Twenty-Eighth  General  Conference 

of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ 


CONVENING  AT  INDIANAPOLIS.  INDIANA 
MAY  12,  1921 


L.  0.  MILLER,  General  Church  Treasurer 


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To  the  Bishops  and  Delegates  of  the  Twenty-Eighth 
General  Conference  of  the  United  Brethren  in 
Christ, 
Christian  Greetings : 

The  times  and  the  passing  of  the  years  prompt  one 
to  leave  long-beaten  paths.  Especially  is  this  true 
when  something  refreshing  entices  one  into  different 
ways. 

Feeling  a  real  happiness  that  something  very  "re- 
freshing" has  struck  the  United  Brethren  Steel  Safe 
that  holds  the  silver  and  gold,  the  Securities,  and 
Liberty  Bonds,  I  have  concluded  to  bring  you  this 
time  a  combined,  consolidated  picture  of  your  "Money 
Chest"  that  you  may  see  it  all  as  one,  and  not  as  so 
many  component  parts  of  a  whole,  as  heretofore. 

I  take  great  pleasure  in  submitting  to  you  the  best 
financial  report  ever  presented  to  a  United  Brethren 
General  Conference.  Instead  of  most  of  our  depart- 
ments having  a  poor,  sickly,  consumptive  treasury, 
with  liabilities  of  borrowed  money,  you  will  be  pleased 
to  note  their  present  healthy  conditions  and  Credit 
Balances  totaling  $345,000,  and  the  closing  of  the 
Quadrennium  with  $192,300  in  the  Treasury. 

Read   carefully   the   "Re-Cap"   and   "Condition   of 
the  Treasury"  on  the  final  pages  and  rejoice  at  the 
splendid  results  you  have  achieved  and  the  opportuni- 
-  ties  for  great  things  to  come. 

Respectfully  submitting  the  following  details, 
L.  O.  MILLER,  General  Church  Treasurer. 


The  Home  Missionary  Society 


RECEIPTS 
For  Mission  Work: 

Budget  and  General  Fund $178,135.95 

Thank   Offering 8,700.54 

United  Enlistment  Collections __  89,488.76 

Contingent  Notes  Paid 2,876.50 

Interest   Collected  _ 12,663.74 

Rents  from  Real  Estate 1,332.76 

Otterbein-Boehm  Fund 1,103.83 

Contingent  Note  Converted  to  Permanent  Fund  1,000.00 

New  Mexico  and  Other  Specials  6,716.12 

City  Missions   39,779.14 


Women's  Missionary  Association: 

For  Current  Work $  89,014.71 

For  Santa  Cruz  _ 4,310.00 

For   Alcalde    _ 5,666.46 

For  Alcalde,   Love   Offering  4,440.50 


Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed   Money   $  5,680.00 

Mortgage  Loans  Returned 14,107.51 

Bequests  and  Annuity  Gifts 7,572.84 

Literature  Sold ___  1,343.07 

Santa   Cruz   Special   11.00 

Sale  of  Chattanooga  Property  450.00 

Sale  of  Arbor  Ave.  Property 1,750.00 

Sale  of  Philomath  Property 1,000.00 

Bible    Cause    Collections    413.86 

Callie'  King  Special 200.00 

Camp    Sherman    Special    1,064.71 

Gifts  to  Permanent  Fund 4,029.16 

Special  from  E.  D.  Barton 15.00 

Permanent  Fund  Bond  Investment 16,000.00 

Kenmore,  Ohio,  Church  Loan  Returned 2,500.00 


$341,797.34 


$103,431.67 


$  56,137.15 


Total   Receipts   for   the   Quadrennium $501,366.16 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 12,970.17 

Total  Receipts  in  the  Treas.  for  the  Quadrennium  $514,336.33 


EXPENDITURES 
For  Mission  Work: 

Paid  to  Home  Missionaries $205,211.00 

W.  M.  A.  Specials  to  Santa  Cruz 3,800.00 

W.  M.  A.  Specials  to  Glendive,  Mont 300.00 

Kansas  Conference  Special,  Mellie  Perkins 50.00 

Special  Allowance  for  Moving 1,478.03 

School  Desks  for  New  Mexico 312.34 

Alcalde    Specials    167.80 

New   Mexico   Specials,    Bldgs.   and    Schools 31,658.42 

Scholarships  and  Other  Expenses 5,415.52 


Administration  and  Other  Expenses: 

Salary  of  General  Secretary $  9,000.00 

Salary  of  Treasurer,   7  months 240.00 

Travel,  Officers  and  Board 3,031.73 

Salary  of  Educational  Secretary 5,002.66 

Office  Help 3,361.93 

Office  Rents  982.50 

Printing  and  Supplies   4,867.88 

Postage,  Telephone  and  Telegraph 1,928.54 

Field  Work 2,757.10 


Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed    Money    $  18,930.00 

Interest  2,134.96 

Annuities    8,330.48 

Legal     24.00 

American  Bible  Society 413.86 

Home  Mission  Council  420.00 

Special  to  Santa  Cruz 11.00 

Permanent  Fund  Investment 25,917.54 

Taxes,  Insurance  and  Repairs 959.04 

Literature 528.36 

Finance   Commission    Expense   1,003.80 

Office  Furniture  and  Fixtures   232.15 

Camp   Sherman    Fund   902.16 

Auditors    86.00 

Permanent   Fund   Real    Estate, 196.45 

Underwriting,  Interchurch  World  Movement  __  15,217.50 

Sundry  Small  Items 318.61 

Kenmore,  Ohio,  Church  Loan I 4,940.00 


$248,393.11 


$31,172.34 


$  80,565.91 


Total   Expenditures  for  the  Quadrennium__  $360,131.36 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 154,204.97 

Total   Expenditures   to   Balance   Credits $514,336.33 


COMPARISON  OF  RECEIPTS  FOR  THE  QUADRENNIAL 

For   Mission  Work: 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Budget  and  General  Fund 

Collection $  42,023.26    $  50,694.22    $  54,759.83    $  30,658.64    $178,135.95 

Thank    Offering    8,345.00             355.54          8,700.54 

United    Enlistment    Col- 
lections    89,488.76        89,488.76 

Contingent  Notes  Paid..  262.00          1,493.00          1,121.50                                 2,876.50 

Interest  Collected 1,968.63          2,277.71          3,992.23          4,425.17         12,663.74 

Rents   from   Real    Estate  382.50             358.50             315.76             276.00          1.332.76 

Otterbein-Boehm  Fund—  1,101.23                  2.60                                                          1,103.83 
Contingent    Note    Con- 
verted  to    Per  maneat 

Fund   1,000.00                                                                              1,000.00 

New    Mexico  and    Other 

Specials    1,031.28          2,997.70          2,687.14          6,716.12 

City  Missions 33,279.42          6,499.72                               39,779.14 

Women's  Missionary 
Association: 

For  Current  Work 13,927.94         18,070.66        27,852.29        29,163.82        89.014.71 

For  Santa  Cruz 3,800.00                                                             510.00          4,310.00 

For  Alcalde   5,512.46             154.00                                 5,666.46 

For  Alcalde  Love  Offer'g  4,440.50                                                          4,440.50 
Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed   Money 5,300.00              380.00                                                          5,680.00 

Mort'ge    Loans    Return'd  7,800.00             725.00          2,282.51          3,300.00        14,107.51 
Bequests    and    Annuity 

Gifts    2,071.45          5,328.64               45.03             127.72          7,572.84 

Literature   Sold 393.70             271.76               86.87             590.74          1,343.07 

Santa    Cruz   Special 11.00                                                                                   11.00 

Sale  of  Chattanooga  Prop.  150.00             300.00                                                          450.00 

Sale  of  Arbor  Ave  Prop.  1,750.00                                  1,750.00 

Sale  of  Philomath   Prop.  1,000.00                                                        1,000.00 

Bible  Cause  Collections..  162.88             126.92               88.80               35.26             413.86 

Callie  King  Special 200.00                                                                                 200.00 

Camp  Sherman  Special  _  4.65           1,060.06                                                          1,064.71 

Gifts  to  Permanent  Fund  3,100.00             929.16           4,029.16 

Special  from  E.  D.  Barton  15.00                                      15.00 
Permanent     Fund     Bond 

Investment    16,000.00           16,000.00 

Kenmore,    O.,    Church 

Loan' Returned   2,500.00          2,500.00 

Totals         $  80,559.24    $126,352.73     $113,406.24    $181,047.95     $501,366.16 

Cash  on  hand  April   1.    1917 12,970.17 

$514,336.33 


COMPARISON  OF  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  QUADRENNIAL 
For  Mission  Work: 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 
Paid   to   Home    Mission- 
aries     $  44,626.97    $  46,729.59    $  54,307.22    $  59,547.22    $205,211.00 

W.     M.    A.     Specials     to 

Santa   Cruz   3,800.00  3,8CO.00 

W.     M.     A.     Special     to 

Glendive,  Mont. 300.00  300.00 

Kansas      Conf.      Special 

Mellie    Perkins    50.00  50.00 

Special     Allowance     for 

Moving 306.62  799.19  372.22  1,478.03 

School    Desks    for    New 

Mexico   140.58  103.86  67.90  312.34 

Alcalde   Specials   167.80  167.80 

New  Mexico  Spec.  Bldg. 

and    Schools 587.27  7,938.60        23,132.55        31,658.42 

Scholarships    and    Other 

Expenses   669.00  1,566.52  3,180.00  5,415.52 

Administration    and 
Other  £xDenses  r 
Salary  of  Gen.  Secretary       2,250.00  2,250.00  2,250.00  2,250.00  9,000.00 

Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

7  months  — 240.00  240.00 

Travel    of    Officers    and 

Board    657.11  933.10  830.14  611.38  3,031.73 

Salary   of    Ed.    Secretary       1,200.00  1,200.00  1,250.66  1,352.00  5,002.66 

Office    Help    869.75  860.18  800.00  832.00  3,361.93 

Office  Rents 220.00  312.50  206.25  243.75  982.50 

Printing    and    Supplies—         674.43  2,190.49  382.16  1,620.80  4,867.88 

Postage,   Telephone,   etc.         566.43  869.83  231.76  260.52  1,928.54 

Field  Work 520.09  1,419.45  622.81  194.75  2,757.10 

Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed  Money   6,550.00         12,380.00  18,930.00 

Interest 1,082.26  1,052.70  2,134.96 

Annuities   1,909.00  1,908.99  2,114.24  2,398.25  8,330.48 

Legal 5.00  3.50  3.00  12.50  24.00 

American   Bible  Society.  162.88  215.72  35.26  413.86 
Home    Mission    Council-           70.00                                    100.00             250.00  420.00 
Special   to    Santa    Cruz__            11.00  11.00 
Permanent  Fund  Invest- 
ment          1,095.62          6,031.30        12,592.64          6,197.98        25,917.54 

Taxes,  Insurance  and  Re- 
pairs             298.24  205.81  170.80  284.19  959.04 

Literature 215.22  205.24  28.64  79.26  528.36 

Distribution    of    Finance 

Committee     l,O0'3.80  1,003,80 

Office  Furniture  and  Fix- 
tures             140.00  ,  92.15  232.15 

Camp  Sherman  Fund  __  902.16  902.16 

Auditors .  23.00      .         33.00  30.00  86.00 

Permanent    Fund    Real 

Estate  196.45  196.45 

Sundry  Small  Items 59.48  185.37  13.20  60.56  318.61 

Underwriting,  Interchurch 

World  Movement 15,217.50         15,217.50 

Kenmore,     Ohio,    Church 

Loan   4,940.00  4,940.00 

Totals     _     -       $  68,577.28    $  81,534.48     $  86,849.01     $123,170.59     $360,131.36 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,   1921 164,204.97 

$514,336.33 

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DETAILED   REPORT   OF  APPROPRIATIONS  BY  CONFERENCES 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

California $  3,898.91     $     3.691.65     $     3,225.00    $    2,948.75  $  13,764.31 

Colorado    3.585.10  3,704.12  4,010.23  3,907.93  15,207.38 

Columbia  River 1,636.45  2,203.83  2,240.34  2,001.97  8,082.59 

East  Ohio 933.47  1,171.85  1,384.93  1.630.53  5.120.78 

Erie  908.34  963.60  1,104.13  1,120.83  4,096.90 

Georgia-Florida  1,183.33  1,541.66  1,272.83  1,378.76  5,376.58 

Illinois    749.98  1,437.09  2,164.58  2,877.33  7,228.98 

Indiana  578.53  700.00  928.03  1,010.96  3,217.52 

Iowa   State   850.00  818.73  652.10  927.00  3,247.83 

Kansas    1,468.88  1,593.18  1,801.89  1.714.96  6.578.91 

Kentucky  200.00  291.64  466.62  1,170.83  2,129.09 

Louisiana  379.11  151.12  36.38  566.61 

Lower  Wabash 700.00  700.00 

Miami   150.00  250.00  3S0.C0  750.00  1.500.00 

Michigan    -  1,356.23  1,457.39  1,469.14  858.64  5,141.40 

Minnesota   1,000.00  1,020.76  1,050.00  1,144.40  4,215.16 

Missouri 1,509.42  1,482.08  1,422.64  1,812.63  6,226.77 

Montana    4,077.47  5,141.92  6,823.47  6,986.70  23,029.56 

Nebraska   791.66  841.65  983.34  1.091.62  3.708.27 

New    Mexico    4.613.64  5,203.00  5,855.42  6.879.88  22,551.94 

Ohio    German    350.00  412.50  500.00  SOO.OO  1,762.50 

Oklahoma    3,581.27  3,283.39  3,549.53  3,966.88  14,381.07 

Oregon 4,877.16  4,015.64  4,054.33  4,377.41  17,324.54 

St.    Joseph    750.00  1,500.00  2,250.00 

Sandusky   67.67  67.67 

Southeast  Ohio  800.00  789.27  1.160.90  1,195.87  3,946.04 

Virginia    230.00  230.00  134.20  594.20 

Tennessee    2,722.00  2,838.60  5,060.27  5,458.17  16,079.04 

West   Virginia   400.00  383.31  779.13  1,231.28  2,793.72 

White  River 293.03  275.00  233.59  203.89  1,005.51 

Wisconsin    7ZS.?,2  836.61  844.20  900.00  3,316.13 

Totals   $  44,626.97    $  46,729.59     $  54,307.22    $  59,547.22  $205,211.00 


PRESENT  CONDITIONS 

Permanent  Fund: 

Capital    Account    $  55,529.16 

Loans  on  First  Mortgage $  38,397.54 

U.  B.  Publishing  House  Bonds 4,500.00 

Clippinger   Property   800.00 

Dayton,   Ohio,   Faulkner  Ave.   Property 3,200.00 

Woodland    Cemetery    Lot    60.00 

$  46,957.54 

Awaiting  Investment  $    8,571.62 

Current  Funds: 

Due  to  Home  Missionaries,   Estimated $     5,000.00 

Permanent  Fund  Awaiting  Investment 8,571.62 

$  13,571.62 
Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 154,204.97 

Available  for  Current  Work $140,633.35 


ASSETS 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 $154,204.97 

Permanent  Fund  Loans   38,397.54 

U.  B.  Publishing  House  Bonds 4,500.00 

Clippinger   Property   800.00 

Dayton,  Ohio,  Faulkner  Ave.  Property 3,200100 

Corning,  Kansas,  One-half  Interest 1,250.00 

Office   Furniture    1,100.00 

Woodland  Cemetery  Lot 60.00 

New   Mexico   School   Property 60,000.00 

Kenmore  Church  Loan _ 2,440.00 


$265,952.51 

LIABILITIES 
Due  Home  Missionaries,  Estimated $     5,000.00 

NTet  Assets  March  31,  1921—1 '- $260,952.51 

Net  Assets  March  31,  1917 62,542.83 

Increase    for    Quadrennium _ $198,409.68 


The  Foreign  Missionary  Society 

RECEIPTS 
For  Current  Work: 

Budget  and  General  Fund  Collections $181,939.53 

Thank    Offering .—  27,029.00 

United   Enlistment   Collections 106,953.76 

Self-Denial  46,795.75 

Africa    42,337.30 

China  31,106.42 

Japan   10,769.82 

Philippine   Islands   13,469.99 

Porto    Rico    9,081.59 


For  Buildings: 

Building  Campaign  Receipts $34,896.18 

Lizzie    K.    Miller    Seminary 95.00 

China  Buildings   115.00 

Philippine   Buildings   4,609.27 


Receipts   from  Women's   Missionary  Association: 

For  Current  Work $44,097.36 

Building  Campaign 3,395.05 

Lizzie  K.  Miller  Seminary 1,116.10 

Lizzie   K.   Miller  Seminary   Equipment 405.00 

Lizzie  K.   Miller  Seminary   Playground 100.00 

Bible  Training  School,  P.  I 12,311.96 

Bible   Training   School    Equipment 100.00 

Africa    55,554.10 

China  57,823.43 

Japan  25,069.18 

Philippine   Islands   32,310.49 

Porto  Rico 19,453.52 

Residences   27,668.37 

Residence,    Shively    100.00 

Siu  Lam  Church 448.30 

Yauco  Church,  Porto  Rico 200.00 

Moyambo  Home,  Africa 30,223.49 

Missionary  Residence,  China 400.00 

Boat  Fund,  China 150.00 

.     Kono  Hospital,  Africa 315.00 

Wimmer    Home,    Africa    100.00 

Shenge  Auto,  Africa 86.00 

Siu  Lam  Playgrounds   100.00 

Furnishing  Room,  Bible  Training  School,  P.  I.--        250.00 
Printing  Press,  P.  I. 202.45 


Receipts  from  Investments: 

Interest  on   Permanent   Fund $13,839.39 

Interest  on  Albert  Academy  Fund 1,190.00 

Rentals   from   Real    Estate 443.76 


$469,483.16 


$39,715.45 


$311,979.80 


$15,473.15 


Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed    Money    $25,000.00 

Permanent  Fund  Real  Estate 2,750.00 

Mortgage    Loans    Returned 36,116.67 

Literature    1,403.79 

Bequests  4,434.20 

Annuity   Gifts   29,300.00 

Rufus    Clark    Estate 16,746.11 

S.  S.  Hough,  Trustee  Clark  Estate 865.40 

Special  Africa  Appropriations 4,083.42 

Special    China   Appropriations 973.65 

Special  Porto  Rico  Appropriations 96.00 

Special  Japan  Appropriations 200.26 

Special     Philippine    Appropriations 4,151.45 

Special  Deposit  of  a  Friend 800.00 

Hodges  Memorial   Library 1,100.00 

Field  Agent's    Salary   450.00 

G.  M.  Richter  Special 421.24 

Lizzie    K.    Miller    Seminary 10.25 

China   Boat    Fund  839.00 


$129,741.44 


Total  Receipts  for  Quadrennium $966,393.00 

Cash  on  hand  April   1,   1917 13,428.29 

Total  Receipts  in  the  Treasury  for  the  Quadrennium $979,821.29 


EXPENDITURES 
For  Mission  Work: 

Africa   Appropriations    $153,032.63 

China  Appropriations 187,339.04 

Japan    Appropriations    94,078.69 

Philippine  Appropriations 86,142.08 

Porto  Rico  Appropriations 78,940.88 

Hodges  Memorial  Library 1,100.00 

Special  Boat  Fund 989.00 


New  Buildings: 

China  $  61,473.91 

Porto    Rico    2,000.00 

Japan   38,200.00 

Philippine   Islands   21,500.00 

Bovs'  Training  School,  China 4,000.00 

Bible  Training  School,  P.   I. 15,614.96 

Building  and  Equipment ., 24.35 

Africa    5,178.50 


Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed  Money  Paid $  33.075.00 

Literature   4,510.02 

Advanced  Rufus  Clark  Estate 17,434.30 

Office  Furniture 124.00 

Permanent   Fund   Loaned 36,777.51 

Annuity   Gift    Investment   21,000.00 

National   Headquarters,   J.   R.   Mott 704.41 

Anglo-American  Work,  Robert  E.  Speer 600.00 

G.  M.   Richter  Special   421.24 

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$601,622.32 


$147,991.72 


Lizzie   K.    Miller  Seminary   Equipment 450.00 

Equatorial  Africa   Commission   500.00 

Underwriting,    Interchurch    World    Movement-.  20,197.35 

Committee  on  Latin  America 260.00 


Administration  and  Other  Expenses: 

Salary  of  General  Secretary $  9,000.00 

Salary  of  Treasurer,  7  months 240.00 

Travel  of  Officers  and  Board 3,912.61 

Field  Work 5,473.79 

Clerical    ._  4,492.75 

Annuities    7,522.02 

Taxes,  Insurance  and  Repairs 370.19 

Office   Rents  920.00 

Printing  and   Supplies   1,791.63 

Postage,  Telephone  and  Telegraph 3,472.10 

Legal   49.92 

Distribution  of  Finance   Commission 1,003.80 

Interests    725.00 

Auditors    79.00 

Sundry  Small  Items 1,201.59 

Total  Expenses  for  the  Quadrennium 

Cash  on  hand   March  31,   1921 

Total  for  the  Quadrennium  to  balance  Credits 


$136,053.83 


$  40,254.40 

$925,922.27 
53,899.02 

$979,821.29 


COMPARISON    OF    RECEIPTS    FOR    THE    QUADRENNIUM, 
Ending  March  31,  1921 
For  Current  Work: 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Budget    and    Gen'l    Fund 

Collections $  40,877.11     $  50,980.14     $  58.862.05     $  31.220.23     $181,939.53 

Thank  Offering 26,415.00             614.00        27,029.00 

United    Enlistment    Col- 
lections    106,953.76      106,953.76 

Self- Denial  Collections  23,779.66         23,016.09                                                        46,795.75 

Africa   10,302.11          9,846.23         14,693.80          7,495.16        42,337.30 

China 7,257.42          7,760.01         11,520.76          4,568.23        31,106.42 

Japan 2,618.07          2,863.28          3,700.10          1,588.37         10,769.82 

Philippine  Islands 2,958.79          3,415.47          4,063.54          3,032.19         13,469.99 

Porto   Rico   2,087.20          2,698.94          3,437.09             858.36          9,081.59 

For  Building: 

Bldg.  Campaign  Receipts  12,611.18          7,237.50         10,061.50          4,986.00        34,896.18 

Lizzie  K.  Miller  Seminary  25.00                70.00                                                               95.00 

China  Buildings 115.00              115.00 

Philippine  Buildings 4,609.27           4,609.27 

Receipts  from  Wom- 
en's Mission'j'  Assn.: 

For  Current  Work 44.097.36                                                                               44,097.36 

Building  Campaign 2,923.00             264.05              208.00                                  3,395.05 

Lizzie  K.  Miller  Seminarv  1,031.10                50.00                                       35.00           1,116.10 
Lizzie   K.   Miller   Equip't  405.00                                                             405.00 
Miller   Seminary   Play- 
ground      lOO.CO                                     100.00 

Bible  Training  School, 

P.    I.   12.111.96               46.00             15400                               12.311.96 

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1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Bible  Training   School 

Equipment 100.00                                     100.00 

Africa   14,580.60        20,520.89        20,452.61         55,554.10 

China    16,637.81         19,838.80        21,346.82        57,823.43 

Japan    6,976.49          8,289.93          9,802.76        25,069.18 

Philippine  Islands 9,776.68         10,656.03         11,877.78        32,310.49 

Porto  Rico 5,614.49          6,621.21           7,217.82         19,453.52 

Residences 10,680.90                                 16,987.47         27,668.37 

Residence,  Shively 100.00                                                             100.00 

Siu  Lam  Church 75.00             333.30               40.00             448.30 

Yauco  Church,   P.   R.   ._  150.00               50.00                                   200.00 

Moyamba    Home,    Africa  22,273.62           7,949.87         30,223.49 

Missionary  Home,  China  200.00             200.00             400.00 

China  Boat   Fund 150.00             150.00 

Kono    Hospital,    Africa..  315.00             315.00 

Wimmer    Home,    Africa.  100.00              100.00 

Shenge  Auto,  Africa 86.00               86.00 

Siu    Lam    Playgrounds..  lOOOO              lOOOO 
Furnishing    Room,    Bible 

Training   School,    P.    L  250.00             250.00 

Printing  Press,  P.  I 202.45              202.45 

Receipts  from  Invest- 
ments: 
Interest     on     Permanent 

Fund  2,736.62          3,119.78          4,297.06          3,685.93        13,839.39 

Interest,  Albert  Academy 

Fund           .     .       300.00             300.00             200.00             390.00          1,190.00 

Rentals  from  Real  Estate  141.50              142.50               99.76               60.00             443.76 
Miscellaneous    Items: 

Borrowed   Money   12,000.00                                 13,000.00                                25,000.00 

Permanent     Fund     Real 

Estate             .          2,750.00                                 2,750.00 

Mortgage  Loans  Returned  5,102.84        13,693.83         15,200.00          2,120.00        36,116.67 

Literature       413.56              429.57              250.57              310.09           1,403.79 

Bequests            -       571.45             400.00          3,335.03             127.72          4,434.20 

Annuity  Gifts 21,150.00          3,650.00                                 4,500.00        29,300.00 

Rufus  Clark  Estate  ._..  6,736.11                                 3,810.00          6,200.00         16,746.11 
S.     S.     Hough,     Trustee 

Clark  Estate 865.40                                                                                    865.40 

Special  Africa  Appropria- 
tion      1,428.58          1,471.60             581.80             601.44          4,083.42 

Special  China  Appropria- 

tion    300.00             101.20              17.40            555.05            973.65 

Special    Porto    Rico    Ap- 
propriation    71.00                                     25.00               96.00 

Special  Japan  Appropria- 
tion   ___- _-____.-.  137.26               63.00             200.26 

Special  Philippine  Appro-  .  ,ci  -.e            >•  iei  ^e 

priation .  4.151.45           4,151.45 

Spec'l  Depo'sit  of  a  Friend  .                  300.00.                                   500.00             80O00 

Pledges  Memor'l  Library  800.00              300.00           1.100.00 

Field  Agent's   Salary_.._  15O00             300.00             450.00 

G.   M.   Rirhter,   Special..  421.24                                     421.24 

Lizzie  K.  Miller  Seminary  10.25                ^^-^X 

China  Boat   Fund 839.00             839.00 

Totals                        ..$214,426.02    $196,924.16     $267,149.74    $287,893.08     $966,393.00 
Cash   on   hand    April   1,    1917 ^ 3,428.29 

I  $979,821.29 


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COMPARISON  OF  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  QUADRENNIUM, 
Ending  March  31,  1921. 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

For   Mission   Work: 

Africa  Appropriation  _._$  26,483.58     $  47,965.01     $  38,570.71     $  40,013.33     $153,032.63 

China  Appropriation 27,498.38         44,267.70         51,406.57         64,166.39       187,339.04 

Japan   Appropriation   ___  17,538.35         19,565.78        24,472.79        32,501.77        94,078.69 

Philippine    Appropriation  15,309.09         17,791.48         20,964.61         32,076.90         86,142.08 

Porto  Rico  Appropriation  17,002.96         18,540.87         19,478.96        23,918.09        78,940.88 

Hodges  Memorial  Library  500.00             600.00           1,100.00 

China  Boat   Fund 989.00             989.00 

New  Buildings: 

China    24,447.94         17,442.22         16,968.75          2,615.00        61,473.91 

Porto   Rico   2,000.00                                                                                  2  000  00 

Japan    1,400.00          4,800.00         10,500.00        21,500.00        38,200.00 

Philippine    Islands    16,500.00           5,000.00         21,500.00 

Bovs'     Training     School, 

China     4,CO0.00                                  4,000.00 

Bible   Training   School, 

P.    I.   5,000.00         10,614.96         15,614.96 

Building   and    Equipment  24.35                24  35 

Africa   5,178.50          5,178.50 

Miscellaneous  Items: 

Borrowed  Money  Paid  __  18,675.00         14,300.00                                    lOO.CO        33,075.00 

Literature    2,049.37             789.57             478.94          1,192.14          4,510.02 

Advanced     Rufus     Clark 

Estate  3,123.75          5,835.28          8,469.44                 5.83         17,434.30 

Office  Furniture 30.00                                       94.00                                      124.00 

Permanent  Fund  Loaned  8,500.00          7,500.00           3,777.51         17,000.00         36,777.51 

Annuity  Gift  Investment  21,000.00                                                                                21,000.00 
Nat  ional    Headquarters, 

J.  R.  Mott 100.00             lOO.CO             150.00             354.41             704.41 

Anglo-American    Work, 

R.  Speer 100.00             100.00             200.00             200.00             600.00 

G.    M.    Richter    SpeciaL_  421.24                                     421.24 
Miller    Seminary    Equip't  450.00                                     450.00 
Equatorial    Africa    Com- 
mission     5CO.0O             500.00 

Underwriting,  Interchurch 

World  Movement 20,197.35        20,197.35 

Committee     on     Latin 

America    260.00             260.00 

Administration,  Culti- 
vation of  H  o  m  e 
Churches,  and  Other 
Expenses: 

Salary  of  Gen.   Secretary  2,250.00          2,250.00           2,250.00           2,250.00          9,000.00 
Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

7  months   240.00                                                                                    240.00 

Travel    of    Officers    and 

Board 8^4  08              565.37           1.359.00           1.154  16           3.912.61 

Field  Work 1.067.25           1,729.71           1.681.10             995.73          5.473.79 

Clerical    1,153.80          1,031.70          1,140.00          1.167.25          4.492.75 

Annuities    1,135.25           1,909.26          2,238.76          2,238.75          7,522.02 

Taxes,  Insurance  and  Re- 
pairs    132.54               92.54               85.30               5981             370.19 

Office  Rents 95.00             375.00             225.00             225.00             920  00 

Printing  and   Supplies—  523.12              419.66             308.83              540.02           1.791.63 

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1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 
Postage,    Telephone    and 

Telegraph 1,137.27  922.83  538.50  873.50  3,472.10 

Legal     4.00  29.17  1.25  15.50  49.92 

Distribution    of    Finance 

Commission 1,003.80  1,003.80 

Interest    35.00  30.00  660.00  725.00 

Auditors    10.00  39.00  30.00  79.00 

Miscellaneous   173.55  131.66  233.36  663.02  1,201.59 

Totals   $195,008.08  $208,499.81  %232,S33.62  $289,880.76  $925,922.27 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 53.899.02 


$979,821.29 


CURRENT  FUNDS 

Cash  in  Treasury  March  31,  1921 $53,899.02 

Africa  Appropriations  Overdrawn 6,621.95 

China  Appropriations  Overdrawn   17,070.18 

Japan  Appropriations  Overdrawn 712.02 

Philippine  Appropriations  Overdrawn   2,306.14 

Porto    Rico   Appropriations    Overdrawn    2,326.13 

Rufus   Clark   Estate   Advances   39,661.56 

$122,597.00 

Permanent   Fund  Awaiting  Investment $  4.745.00 

We  Owe  Borrowed  Money 13,600.00 

Special  Deposit  of  Two  Friends 2,448.34 

Lizzie  K.  Miller  Seminary  Credit  Balance 120.25 

Building  Campaign  Credit  Balance 14,727.04 

$35,640.63 

Showing  Book   Credit  for   Current  Work $86,956.37 

Please  note  that  the  last  item  is  a  "BOOK  CREDIT"  and  does  not  mean 
that  the  balance  is  cash  in  the  treasury.  There  is  cash  in  the  treasury  of 
$53,899.02,  but  the  appropriations  are  overdrawn  a  net  total  of  $29,036.42,  which 
with  the  cash  in  the  treasury  will  help  to  account  for  the  credit  to  current 
work  account. 


INVENTORY 
Assets 

Cash  on  hand   March  31,   1920 $53,899.02 

Permanent  Fund  Real  Estate J 4.000.00 

Permanent  Fund  Mortgage   Loans   25,930.00 

Permanent   Fund.   Funded  U.'  B.   Publishing   House 13,500.00 

Permanent  Fund,  U.  B.  Publishnig  House  Bonds 500.00 

Permanent  Fund,  Miami    Valley    Chautauqua 1,600.00 

Albert  Academy,  Funded  U.  B.  Publishing  House 4.000.00 

Albert  Academy,  U.   B.   Publishing  House   Bonds 2.000.00 

Annuity  Gifts,  Funded  U.  B.  Publishing  House 9.000.00 

Annuity  Gifts,  Funded  Otterbein   Home 12.000.00 

Africa   Property  87.218.50 

China    Property    145.773  91 

JapTn    Property    71,900.00 

Philippine    Property    37.350.00 

Porto   Rico   Property   39,200.00 

Office    Furniture    1,100.00 

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Africa  Appropriations  Overdrawn 6,621.95 

China  Appropriations   Overdrawn   17,070.18 

Japan   Appropriations   Overdrawn   712.02 

Philippine  Appropriations   Overdrawn   2,306.14 

Porto  Rico  Appropriations  Overdrawn  2,326.13 

Rufus  Clark  Estate  Advances 39,661.56 

Contingent  Fund  Real  Estate 1.250.00 

Boys'  Training  School 4,000.00 


Liabilities 
Borrowed    Money    $  13,600.00 

Two  Friends'  Special  Deposits 2,448.34 


$582,919.41 


$16,048.34 


Net  Assets  March  31,  1921 $566,871.07 

Net  Assets  March  31,  1917 349,631.80 

Increase  for  Quadrennium $217,239.27 


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The  Church  Erection  Society 


RECEIPTS 

Budget  and  General  Fund  Collections $  57,878.75 

Thank  Offering   42,682.00 

United  Enlistment   Collections   42,717.47 

Church  and  Parsonage  Loans  Returned 148,800.44 

Interest  5,677.15 

Contingent  Notes   Paid  44,777.81 

Annuity   Gifts  and   Bequests   19,315.84 

Sale  of  Real  Estate 34,030.50 

Specials  Returned  to  Lot  Fund 1,949.C0 

Specials    for    Parsonage    Fund 175.00 

Allegheny    Conference    Fund    3,843.59 

East  Ohio  Conference  Fund 1,872.85 

Iowa  State  Conference  Fund 3,139.25 

Kansas    Conference    Fund    1,215.86 

Lower  Wabash   Conference  Fund  1,345.90 

Miami    Conference    Fund 237.30 

Missouri    Conference    Fund 406.00 

Northern    Illinois    Conference    Fund 4,401.82 

Virginia  Conference   Fund  939.75 

White  River  Conference  Fund 651.00 

Colorado  Springs,  Special 1,213.00 

Edith   McCurdy   Memorial   500.00 

Alcalde    25.00 

Rentals    1,977.00 

Miscellaneous    25.00 

Sale  of  Cypress  Trees 300.00 

Literature     409.71 

$420,506.99 
Cash  on   hand   April    1.   1917 54,233.29 

$474,740.28 


EXPENDITURES 

Church  and   Parsonage   Loans   1 $328,035.59 

Lot   Fund  Gifts   7,400.00 

Annuities    '_ : 7,139.75 

Annuity    Gift    Investment 1,300100 

Salary  of  General   Secretary   9,000.00 

Salary  of  Treasurer,  7  months 175.00 

Traveling  Expenses  of  Gen.  Secretary  and  Board 4,459.83 

Field   Agent's    Salary    and    Expenses 16,502.70 

Clerical    3,189.50 

Office  Rents   630.00 

Office  Furniture 668.86 

Printing  and   Supplies   2,359.63 

Postage,  Telephone  and  Telegraph 1,428.26 

Taxes,  Insurance  and  Repairs 1,441.26 

Legal   391.96 

Real  Estate  12,596.41 

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Auditors    310.00 

Home    Mission   Council 335.00 

C.  R.  Fralick,  Agent,  Ross  Farm 325.00 

Colorado  Springs,   Special  Applied  to   Loan 2,170.56 

Distribution   of   Finance   Commission   Account   371.80 

Special   Loan  to   Grover   Montgomery 250.00 

Traveling  Tabernacle  1,468.49 

Refund   to   Allegheny    Conference 2,302.49 

Miscellaneous    315.57 

Underwriting,    Interchurch    World    Movement 10,106.78 

Literature   44.50 

Refund,  Annuity  Gift 1,600.00 

Revenue    Stamps    4.50 

$416,323.44 

Balance   in   Treasury    March   31,    1921 58,416.84 

$474,740.28 


COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  RECEIPTS 

1918  1919                1920                 1921            Totals 
Budget  and  General  Fund 

Collections $  13,791.61  $  16,996.55     $  16,177.17     $  10.913.42     $  57,878.75 

Thank  Offering 41,712.00             970.00        42,682.00 

United    Enlistment    Col- 
lections    42,717.47        42,717.47 

Church     and     Parsonage 

Loans  Paid 29,617.61  41,747.72        32,649.63        44,785.48       148,800.44 

Interest    1,016.29  1,251.96             754.96          2,653.94          5,677.15 

Contingent  Notes  Paid  _       5,884.10  10,619.60         16,239.61         12,034.50        44,777.81 
Annuity    Gifts    and    Be- 
quests         5,834.83  4,274.31          7,751.12          1,455.58        19,315.84 

Sale  of  Real  Estate 31,00a00  1,500.00             330.50          1,200.00        34,030.50 

Specials  Returned  to  Lot 

Fund   1,949.00  1,949.00 

Specials     for     Parsonage 

Fund   125.00  50.00             175.00 

Allegheny  Conf.  Fund—  2,037.80           1,805.79                                  3,843.59 

East  Ohio  Conf.  Fund..  1,872.85                                 1,872.85 

Iowa  State  Conf.  Fund-       2,665.25  474.00                                                       3,139.25 

Kansas   Conf.   Fund 1,215.86  1,215.86 

Lower     Wabash     Conf. 

Fund   1,282.90  63.00                                                        1.345.90 

Miami  Conf.   Fund 52.00  185.30                                                             2Z7M 

Missouri  Conf.  Fund 346.50  59.50                                                          406.00 

Northern  III.  Conf.  Fund       1.508.00  1.801.32           1,092.50                                  4,401.82 

Virginia  Conf.   Fund  .__  939.75                                                             939.75 

White  River  Conf.   Fund  651.00                                                             651.00 

Colorado  Springs,  Special       1,033.00  180.00                                                          1,213.00 

Edith  McCurdy  Memorial          500.00  500.00 

Alcalde   25.00                                                            25.00 

Rentals     549.05             776.55             651.40          1,977.00 

Miscellaneous    25.00                                       25.00 

Sale  of  Cypress  Trees..  300.00             300.00 

Literature    409.71             409.71 

Totals   $  97,821.95  $  83.355.86     $121,187.68    $118,141.50    $420,506.99 

Cash  on  hand  April   1,   1917 54,233.29 

$474,740.28 

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COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  EXPENDITURES 
Church     and     Parsonage 

Loans    $  96,305.64    $  53,879.13    $  69,534.08    $108,316.74    $328,035.59 

Lot  Fund  Gifts 3,100.00          3,300.00          1,000.00                                 7,400.00 

Annuities   1,541.50          1,817.00          1,864.00          1,917.25          7,139.75 

Annuity  Gift   Investment  300.00           1,000.00                                                          1,300.00 

Salary  of  Gen.  Secretary  2,250.00          2,250.00           2,250.00           2,250.00          9,000.00 
Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

7   months    175.00                                                                                 175.CO 

Traveling  Expense 883.79           1,182.35           1,287.78           1,105.91           4,459.83 

Field  Agents  Salary  and 

Expense   6,177.46          7,735.06          2,590.18                               16,502.70 

Clerical     724.00             722.50             883.00             860.00          3,189.50 

Office    Rents    312.50               37.50             117.50             162.50             630.00 

Office  Furniture 21.75             219.36             427.75                                    668.86 

Printing    and    Supplies..  349.56              798.16              474.21              72>7.7Q          2,359.63 
Postage,    Telephone    and 

Telep-pp'n    252.99             521.91             260.70             392.66          1,428.26 

xaxes,   Insurance  and  Re- 
pairs      109.48             373.00             661.26             297.52          1,441.26 

Legal        4.00                 4.21             283.75             lOO.CO             391.96 

Real    Estate    7,348.05          5,248.36                               12,596.41 

Auditors 60.00             130.00             120.00             310.00 

Home  Mission  Council  _  35.00                                     50.00             250.00             335.00 
C.  R.  Fralick,  Agent  Ross 

Farm   ._  325.00                                                                                    325.00 

Colorado  Springs  Special 

Applied  to   Loan   1,950.56             220.00                                                      2.170.56 

Distribution    of     Finance 

Commission    371.80                                                                                    371.80 

Special    Loan    to    Grover 

Montgomery 250.00                                                                                    250.00 

Traveling  Tabernacle   __  ■     1,468.49                                                          1,468.49 

Refund  to  Allegh'yConf.  1,791.66             510.83          2,302.49 

Miscellaneous    67.54               15.68             227.70                 4.65             315.57 

Underwriting,  Interchurch 

World  Movement 10,106.78         10,106.78 

Literature 44.50               44.50 

Refund  Annuity  Gift  —  1,600.00           1,600.00 

Revenue  Stamps 4.50                 4.50 

Totals   $115,507.57     $  82.952.40     $  89,081.93     $128,781.54    $416,323.44 

Balance  in  Treasury  J>Iarcli  31,  1921 58.416.84 

$474,740.28 


DISTRIBUTION  OF  CHURCH  AND  PARSONAGE  LOANS  FOR 

QUADRENNIUM 

Allegheny  Conference: 

Jeannette $     2,500.00 

Colorado    Conference: 

Colorado  Springs  $  17.201  37 

Colorado  Springs,  Par. 705.71       . 

Eads  2.a'1000 

$  19,997.08 

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East  Oliio   Conference: 

Akron    3.000.00 

Akron,   North   Hill,  Par 1,500.00 

Cleveland,   Trinity   6!856.12 

East   Ohio  Conference  Board   3ioOO.CO 

Magnolia,    Par.    400  00 

Windham    2,300  00 

Kenmore     2,5n0  00 

$  19,556.12 

East  Pennsylvania  Conference: 

West  Philadelphia ^     2,800.00 

Georgia-Florida   Conference: 

Kissimmee    500  00 

Tampa  '  2,000^00 

$     2,500.00 

Illinois   Conference: 

Bloomington    Second    6,986  15 

Peoria    7!700'C'0 

Charleston    4,000.00 

Sterhng     200.00 

Rockford 4,000.00 

Gibson  City 3,000X0 

Peoria,    Plymouth    7,400  00 

Decatur     loioCO^OO 

$  43,286.15 
Indiana   Conference: 

Vincennes 4,000.0^3 

\  incennes,    Par.    100.00 

$     4,100.00 
Iowa  State  Conference: 

Des   Moines   3,500.00 

Granger    2,CO0.0O 

Goodcll    2.000.00 

Moville    2,000.00 

Marshalltown    4,555.00 

$  14,055.00 
Kansas  Conference: 

Wichita,  Waco 4,500.00 

Fellsburg    "  2i(00.00 

Kansas   Board  for  Waco   600.00 

Wichita,  First  2.600.00 

Kansas   City,   Kansas   3,787.50 

Kansas   Conference   400.00 

Herrington,    Par.    1,00000 

Columbus    4,0.0.00 

$  18,887.50 
Kentucky  Conference: 

Columbia   Ins.   «          13  70 

Lower  Wabash  Conference: 

East  St.   Louis   1.6'''8  52 

Rossville   2.731  00 

?     4,399.52 
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Miami  Conference: 

Carrmonte     1,500.00 

Fairview   2,000.00 

Mt.    Healthy    700.00 

East   Dayton  500.00 

Miami  Board  for  Miamisburg 5,000.00 

Springfield,    Coltimbus,    Ave.    Par.    1,000.00 

Dayton,  Troy  St. 1,090.00 

Cheviot    3,000.00 


$  14,790.00 


Michigan  Conference: 

Detroit    Trinity    3,200.00 

Benton    Harbor    6,999.30 

Six    Lakes    3,000.00 


$  13,199.30 

Minnesota  Conference: 

Minneapolis    $     2,700.00 

Missouri   Conference: 

Brookfield    1,000.00 

Kansas   City,   Second   693.10 

Nevada    4,200.00 

Trenton 2,500.00 


$     8,393.10 


Montana  Conference: 

Circle    300.00 

Glendive   1,417.68 

Savoy     1,500.00 

Great  Falls 9,297.06 

Ollie     3,000.00 

Glendive,  Par. 300.00 

Beach    410.00 

Beach,  Par.   500.00 


Nebraska  Conference: 

Upland    1.000.00 

Hastings,    Par.    2,500.00 


$  16,724.74 


$     3,SiOO.OO 


New    Mexico    Conference: 

Santa    Cruz    _' : $     1,500.00 

Oklahoma  Conference: 

Woodward   $     1,500.00 

Oregon  Conference: 

Seattle   499.31 

Vancouver    250.00 


$1  749.31 

Ohio  German  Conference: 

Clough    $     7,500.00 

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Sandusky   Conference: 

Toledo  2,OCO.OO 

Freemont     950.00 

Marion,   Par.   2,400.00 

Toledo,   Colburn   St.   Par.  1,000.00 

Willard    2,000.00 


St.  Joseph  Conference: 

Elkhart   1,000.00 

Ft.  Wayne  Second 8,151.17 


Southeast  Ohio  Conference: 

Columbus    Burgess    12,750.00 

Columbus  Burgess,  Par.   850.00 

Columbus,    St.    Clair    2,500.00 

Columbus,    Wagner    1,000.00 

Lancaster    5,105.83 

Westerville 1,800.00 


$    8,350.00 


$     9,151.17 


$  24,005.83 

Tennessee  Conference: 

Nashville,  Weekley  Memorial 5,660.96  j 

Marble    City    6.200.00  h 

Chattanooga     7,000.00^ 


$  18,860.96 

Virginia  Conference: 

Virginia   Conference   Board   $  13,000.00 

White  River  Conference: 

Indianapolis     12,500.00 

Terre   Haute    5,000.00 

Lapel    2,500.00 

Portland    5,000.00 

Veedersburg    10,291.00 

Wabash   First   6,000.00 


$  41,291.00 

West  Virginia  Conference: 

Dunbar    2,500.00 

Fairmont 8,225.11 

$  10,725.11 
Total    $328,035.59 


PRESENT    CONDITIONS   AND    COMPARISONS 

Church  Loans: 

Amount  of  loans  April    1,    1917___ $190,206.08 

Loans  made  during  the  Quadrennium 312,229.88 

Rentals,  Credits   Passed  to  Profit  and  Loss 314.50 


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$502,750.46 


Loans  returned  during  Quadrennium 138,265.99 

Passed  to  Profit  and  Loss 1,20375 

$139,469.74 

Present  Amount  of  Loans $363,280.72 

Parsonage  Loans: 

Amount  of  loans  April  1,  1917 10,110.05 

Loans  made  during  the  Quadrennium 17,314.31 


$  27,424.36 


Loans  returned  during  Quadrennium 12,043.05 

Passed  to  Profit  and  Loss 1,058.60 


$  13,101.65 

Present    Outstanding    Loans    $  14,322.71 

Contingent  Notes: 

Amount  of  invoice  April  1,  1917 $  49,947.61 

New   Notes   during   Quadrennium   68,358.00 

$118,305.61 

Paid  during  Quadrennium   44,77781 

Transferred  to  Annuity  Gift  Investment 250.00 

Passed  to  Profit  and  Loss 15,878.55 

$  60.906.36 
Amount  of   Present   Invoice $  57,399.25 


INVENTORY 
Assets 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,   1921 $  58,416.84 

Loans  to  Churches  363,280.72 

Loans  to  Parsonages  14.322.71 

Loans  from  Annuity  Gift  Funds 2.650.00 

Special   Loan,  Grover  Montgomery 250.00 

Real  Estate  Deeded  to  Society 24.615.91 

Contingent   Notes    57,399.25 

Little  Miami  Railroad  Stock 600.00 

Traveling    Tabernacle    1,468.49 

Office   Furniture  and   Fixtures   1,600.00 

Lot   Fund   Overdrawn   883.99 

Net  Assets   March  31,   1921 $525,487.91 

Net  Assets  March  31,  1917_- •_ 354,505.02 

Increase  in  Net  Assets  for  Quadrennium $170,982.89 

Liabilities 

Not    in    Church    Erection    Dictionary. 


Bonebrake  Seminary 


RECEIPTS 

Budget  Collections  and  General  Fund $  52,540.74 

Thank  Offering   :  5,691.00 

United  Enlistment   Collections 44,428.14 

Contingent  Time  Notes 22,291.63 

Contingent  Death  Notes 1,700.00 

Endowment  Investment  Returned 5,775.00 

New  Endowment 10,391.20 

Endowment  Time  Notes 16,403.59 

Endowment    Death    Notes    5,500.00 

New  Building  Fund  and  Notes 8,597.25 

Pcckham    Farm    13,584.43 

Friedley  Farm 4,597.13 

Borrowed  Money 123,689.00 

Annuity  Gifts  and  Bequests 5,036.00 

Interest   Collected   10,464.17 

Incidental  Fees 684.00 

Rentals    10,931.26 

Library  Fees  297.00 

Scholarships 6,410.18 

West   Salem,    Ohio    Property    1,900.00 

Public  Utility  Bonds  Sold   1,425.00 

Kansas  Ranch 25,291.14 

Otterbein  Park 9,620.57 

Long  Tract   366.52 

Cowden  Chair  Fund  and  Notes 377.67 

Liberty    Bonds    1.950.00 

Campaign  Fund  (cash) 6,474.37 

Campaign  Notes   Paid  34,068.75 

Student   Building  Fund 446.00 

Student  Memorial  Notes 172.00 

Jklemorial  Notes  900.00 

Memorial    Fund    1,500.00 

New  Site  Lands 151,000.00 

Texas  Lands 579.10 

Special    Lectureships    104.00 

Seminary  Boarding  Club 1,646.34 

Mortgage   Notes   Paid  14,826.00 

Water  Main  Refunds  99.00 

Fuel,  Gas  and  Water  Refund 767.05 

Contingent  Time  Bonds  Sold 1,000.00 

New  Buildings   4,847.08 

Brown  Farm  155.00 

Herr  Estate 15.00 

$608,542.31 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 5,611.21 

Overdraft  March  31,  1921 9.744.56 

$623,898.08 


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EXPENDITURES 

Salary  of  General  Manager $     9,000.00 

Salary  of  General  Treasurer,  7  months 165.00 

Salaries  of  Faculty 46,733.10 

Travel  of   Officers   and   Board 9,309.60 

Salaries  of  Field  Agents 9,633.54 

Travel  of  Field  Agents 4,912.45 

Borrowed    Money    230,119.00 

Annuities    18,224.08 

Interests   48,041.53 

Fuel,  Gas  and  Water 3,299.18 

Furniture    and    Furnishings 806.40 

Janitor    and    Supplies 4,392.59 

Library    406.54 

Legal   1,768.19 

Office  Help  8,445.14 

Printing  and  Supplies   3.295.08 

Postage,  Telephone  and  Telegraph 2.187.67 

Room   Rents   2,783.46 

Taxes,   Insurance   and   Repairs 10,792.91 

Friedley   Farm    491.51 

Kansas    Ranch    15,302.22 

Otterbein  Park 520.20 

Peckham    Farm    668.46 

Texas  Land  52.29 

Brown    Farm    1,129.68 

Scholarships    1,705.00 

Distribution  of  Finance   Commission _ 297.50 

Auditors    530.00 

Miscellaneous    680.52 

Architect's  Services 400.00 

New  Site  Lands 250.00 

New  Buildings  and  Grounds 172,679.52 

New  Building  Travel  311.13 

Special  Lectureship 260.00 

Seminary   Boarding    Club 1,704.59 

Underwriting,  Interchurch  World  Movement 4,000.00 

United    Enlistment    Travel 2 100.00 

Mortgage  Loan _. .- 8.500.00 


$623,898.08 


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COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  RECEIPTS 

p   ^     .        AT         T^      .  ^^^^                ^^^^                 ^9^0                  1*^21             Totals 
Budget    and    Gen.    Fund 

Collections    $  13,716.10    $  14,929.79     $  16,668.72     $     7,226.13     $  52.540.74 

Thank  Offern;g  —     .  5,561.00              130.00           5,691.00 
United    t-nhstment    Col- 
lections   44,428  14        44  428  14 

Contingent   Time   Notes_  4,100.10           5,940.50           7,847.30           4  403  73         22'29l'63 

Contingent  Death  Notes.  1,200.00             400.00              100.00             '                      iVoo'oO 

Endowment      Investment  ' 

Returned    3,775.00          2,000.00                                 5  775  00 

New   Endowment   4,900.00           4,991.20              500.00                                 lo'39r20 

Endowment  Time   Notes  1,048.00           5,749.35           6,006.60           3,599  64         16403  59 

Endowment  Death  Notes  400.00           3,900.00           1,000.00             200.00           5!500'00 
New  Building  Fund  and 

Notes    1,782.25          3,307.50          2,400.00          1,107.50          8,597  25 

Peckham    Farm   157.47           1,108.65         12,318.31                                 13  584  43 

Friedley  Farm 4,597.13                                                                                  4597  13 

Borrowed  Money 29,200.00        16,244.00          8,500.00        69,745.00       123'689"00 

Annuity  Gifts  &  Bequests  36.00                                                          5  000  00           5036  00 

Interest  Collected 1,942.10           1,638.73           2,313.74           4^56960         1046417 

Incidental   Fees 153.00              162.00              198.00              171.00              684  00 

Rentals     2,391.00          3,230.75          2,881.75          2,427.76         10,93126 

Library  Fees 57.00             100.00               73.00               67  00             297  00 

Scholarships    380.00             755.00           1,465.00          3,810.18          6  410  18 

West  Salem,   Ohio  Prop.  1,900.00                                                                                  1  90000 

Public  Utility  Bond  Sold  1,425.00                                                                              r425'00 

Kansas   Ranch   801.70                                24,489.44         25,291.14 

Otterbein  Park  Improve- 

ment    345.57          7,256.83          2,018.17          9,620.57 

Long  Tract  ..  366.52                                                          366.52 
Cowden  Chair,  Fund  and 

Notes    127.67             200.00               50.00             377  67 

Liberty  Bonds   1,950.00                                                          1950  00 

Campaign  Fund  Cash...  6,364.37             110.00          6,474  37 

Campaign  Notes  Paid...  18,806.35         15,262.40        34,068.75 

Student  Building  Fund..  241.00              205.00              446.00 

Student   Memorial   Notes  81.00                9100              172  00 

Memorial  Notes 300.00              600.00              900  00 

Memorial   Fund 1,500.00                                   1,500  00 

New  Site  Lands 151,000.00                             151,000.00 

Texas  Land I43.97              435.13              579  jq 

Special   Lectureship 50.00                54.00              104  00 

Seminary   Boarding  Club  1,378.35             267.99          1  646  34 

Mortgage   Notes  Paid...  14,826.00                                 14,826.00 

Water   Main    Refunds   ._  99.00                                       99.00 
Fuel,     Gas     and     Water 

Refunds 236.42             530.63             767.05 

Contingent    Time    Bonds 

x.^°^i    .-.- 1,000.00          1,000.00 

New  Buildings 4,847.08          4,847.08 

Brown  Farm I55  00              155.00 

Herr    Estate    15.00                15.00 

Totals    $  69,385.15     $  69,823.93     $272,316.71     $197,016.52    $608,542.31 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 _     5  61121 

Overdraft  March  31,   1921 '"__  9744  56 


$623,898.08 


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COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY   EXPENDITURES 

1918  1919                1920  1921  Totals 

Salary  of  Gen.  Manager  $  2,250.00    $     2,250.00    $     2,250.00     $     2,250.00  $     9,000.00 
Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

(7  months)   165.00  165.00 

Salaries  of  the  Faculty..  11,199.94  12,099.93         11,908.25  11,524.98  46,733.10 

Travel,  Officers  &  Board  2,169.40  2,587.46           1,906.81  2,645.93  9,309.60 

Salaries   of   Field   Agents  1,850.00  2,380.00           4,254.99  1,148.55  9,633.54 

Travel  of  Field  Agents.  741.97  967.04          2,758.51  444.93  4,912.45 

Borrowed   Money   31,500.00  26,508.00       164,026.00  8,085.00  230,119.00 

Annuities  Paid 3,900.61  4,679.41           4,651.25  4,992.81  18,224.08 

Interest    14,930.26  14,321.63         11,519.29  7,270.35  48,041.53 

Fuel.  Gas  &  Water 485.11  713.54             812.62  1,287.91  3,299.18 

Furniture   &   Furnishings  64.60  668.00  73  80  806.40 

Janitor   and    Supplies 792.98  1,004.37           1,228.80  1,366.44  4.392.59 

Library     39.55  235.29               61.80  69.90  406.54 

Legal    177.10  1,477.09             113.00  1.00  1.768.19 

Office  Help 1,257.66  1,689.09          2,479.89  3.018.50  8,445.14 

Printing  and  Supplies...  961.29  404.15           1,033.16  896.48  3.295.08 

Postage,   Telephone,    etc.  308.19  601.37             7U.2>2,  564.78  2,187.67 

Room  Rent 384.00  855.00             981.65  562.81  2,783.46 

Taxes,  Insurance  and  Re- 
pairs      2,527.90  2,810.00          2,448.13  3.006.88  10,792.91 

Friedley  Farm 491.51  491.51 

Kansas    Ranch   14.44  1,731.09           5,562.40  7,994.29-  15,302.22 

Otterbein  Park  Improve- 
ment      412.20  108.00  520.20 

Peckham   Farm 144.24  442.49                81.73  668.46 

Texas  Land 14.72  21.29  16.28  52.29 

Brown  Farm 270.48  859.20  1,129.68 

Scholarships    355.00  350.00             695.00  305.00  1,705.00 

Distribution    of    Finance 

Commission     297.50  297.50 

Auditors 125.00  140.00             135.00  130.00  530.00 

Miscellaneous    1.60  47.15             321.47  310.30  680.52 

Architect  Service 400.00  400.00 

New   Site  Lands 250.00  250.00 

New  Build'gs  &  Grounds  16,641.50       156,038.02  172,679.52 

New    Building   Travel...  311.13  311.13 

Special   Lectureship    .-.  ,  195.00  65.00  260.00 

Seminary   Boarding   Club  1,493.87  210.72  1.704.59 
Underwriting,  Interchurch 

World    Movement    _..  4,000.00  4.000.00 

United  Enlistment  Travel  100.00  100.00 

Mortgage   Loan 8.500.00  8.500.00 

Totals     $  77.561.77     $  78,694.10    $239,902.35     $227,739.86  $623,898.08 


Board  of  Education 


RECEIPTS 

Budget  and  General  Fund  Collections $  25,337.49 

Thank   Offering   2,500.00 

United  Enlistment   General   Fund   6,666.65 

Collegiate  Scholarship  Fund 8,468.42 

Student    Loans    Returned 20,110.92 

Funded  Loans  Returned 14,116.70 

Interest 5,354.55 

Educational   Day  Collections 1,289.56 

Receipts  for  Speeches  by  Secretary 778.13 

Miscellaneous    70.00 

Literature     239.85 

U.  E.  M.  Dividends: 

Otterbein   College   11,449.95 

Lebanon   Valley  College  11,449.95 

Indiana   Central   University  6,870.01 

Kansas    City   University   5,724.98 

York    College    5,724.98 

Philomath  College 2.289.99 

Shenandoah  Collegiate  Institute 2,289.99 

Total    $130,732.12 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 7,248.96 

$137,981.08 
EXPENDITURES 

Loans    to    Students $  19,185.00 

Salary  of   General   Secretary 9,000.00 

Salary  of  General  Treasurer  (7  months) 105.00 

Traveling    Expenses    3,237.49 

Clerical    2,350.70 

Printing  and   Supplies   2,013.42 

Postage  and  Telephone 914.98 

Office    Rents 310.00 

Furniture    113.50 

Legal  55.00 

Funded    Loans    38.500.00 

Church    Council    400.00 

Work  in  Ohio  State  University 50.00 

Miscellaneous    394.84 

Distribution  of  Finance   Commission   148.75 

Literature  18.14 

Interest  Paid  on  Mortgage  Note  Purchased 77.90 

Scholar^^hip    Fund    Loaned 8,608.00 

U.   E.   M.   Dividends  and  Designated  Gifts: 

Otterbein    College    11,449.95 

Lebanon  Valley  College 11.449.95 

Indiana   Central  University   8,864.69 

Kansas    City    University   5.724.98 

York    College    5,724.98 

Philomath    College    2,289.99 

Shenandoah    Collegiate    Institute 2,289.99 

Total    $133,277.25 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 4,703.83 

$1 37.98  l.CS 
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COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  RECEIPTS 

1918  1919                1920                 1921  Totals 
Budget  &  Gen.  Fund  Col- 
lections     $     5,874.28  $     7,258.70    $     7,874.82    $    4,329.69     $  25,337.49 

Thank  Offering 2,500.00  2,500.00 

United    Enlistment     Col- 
lections    6,666.65  6,666.65 

Student    Loans    Returned       5,779.30  5,875.20           4,303.42           4,153.00  20,110.92 

Funded  Loans  Returned-          127.53  1,077.11          5,085.00          7,827.06  14,116  70 

Interest 978.78  702.21           1,476.07          2,197.49  5,354.55 

Ed.   Day   Collections 1,005.22  284.34  1,289.56 

Receipts  for  Speeches—  407.45             256.38             114.30  778.13 

Miscellaneous    70.00  70.00 

Literature 239.85  239.85 

Scholarship   Fund 8,468.42  8,468.42 

U.  E.  Dividends — 

Otterbein  College 11,449.95  11,449.95 

Lebanon  Val.   College.  11,449.95  11,449.95 

Ind.    Central  Univ 6,870.01  6,870.01 

Kansas  City  Univ 5,724.98  5,724.98 

York  College  5,724.98  5,724.98 

Philomath   College   —  2,289.99  2,289.99 

Shenandoah    Col.    Inst.  2,289.99  2,289.99 

Totals    $  13,765.11  $  15,605.01     $  21,565.69     $  79,796.31     $130,732.12 

Cash  on  hand  April   1,   1917 7,248.96 


COMPARISON   OF  YEARLY 

Loans  to   Students $     3,420.00     $     3,945.00 

Salary  of  Gen.  Secretary       2,250.00  2,250.00 

Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

(7  months) 105.00 

Traveling  Expenses 505.89  888.88 

Clerical 482.50  535.70 

Printing    and    Supplies —  276.95  215.15 

Postage   and   Telephone.  228.42  156.86 

Office    Rents    85.00  75.00 

Furniture    11.00 

Legal 45.00 

Funded   Loans   9,000.00  8,750.00 

Church   Council lOO.OO 

Work     i  n      Ohio     State 

University    50.00 

Miscellaneous    10.10  203.90 

Distribution    of    Finance 

Commission 148.75 

Literature    •  5.94  2.50 

Int.     Paid    on    Mortgage 

Note    Purchased   '       77.90 

Scholarship  Fund  Loaned 
U.   E.   M.   Dividends  and 

Designated  Gifts: 

Otterbein  College 

Lebanon  Val.   College 

Ind.   Central   Univ 

Kansas  City  University 

York   College   

1918  1919 

Philomath    College 

Shenandoah    Col.    Inst. 


EXPENDITURES 

$    5,165.00    $    6,655.00 
2,250.00  2,250.00 


1,112.65 

690.00 

481.24 

262.32 

75.00 

10.00 

10,600.00 

100.00 


10.99 


730.07 
642.50 
1,040.08 
267.38 
75.00 
102.50 

10,150.00 
200.00 


169.85 


6.50 


1920 


3.20 


8,608.00 


11,449.95 

11,449.95 

8.864.69 

5,724.98 

5,724.98 

1921 
2,289.99 
2,289.99 


Totals   $  16.724.55 

Cash  on   hand    March   31,    1921 


$  17,100.89     $  20,763.70    $  78,688.11 


28 


$137,981.08 

$  19,185.00 
9,000.00 

105.00 

3,237.49 

2,350.70 

2,013.42 

914.98 

310.00 

113.50 

55.00 

38,500.00 

400.00 

50.00 
394.84 

148.75 
18.14 

77.90 
8,608.00 


11.449.95 
11.449.95 
8.864.69 
5,724.98 
5,724.98 
Totals 
2,289.99 
2,289.99 

$133,277.25 
.  4.703.83 
$137,981.08 


Sunday  Schools 


RECEIPTS 

Budget  and  General  Collections $  24,631.60 

Thank  Offering  3,000.00 

United    Enlistment   Collections 10,892.63 

Books  and  Literature  Sold 1,662.30 

Children's    Day    Collections 4,265.05 

Teacher  Training   Fees 663.50 

Brotherhood    Fees    23.87 

Reading    Course    5.00 

U.  B.  Publishing  House,  Work  for  Miss  Koontz 1,400.00 

Centennial    Collections    2,289.99 

Total    $  48,833.94 

EXPENDITURES 

Salary  of  General    Secretary $  9,000.00 

Salary  of  General  Treasurer   (7  months) 99.00 

Salary  of  M.  A.  Honline  (3  months) 300.00 

Salary  of  Miss  Ida  Koontz 4,990.00 

Donations   of   Literature 2,544.10 

Travel  Expenses  of  Officers  and  Board 2,847.77 

Clerical    3,594.75 

Postage  and  Telephone 2,894.35 

Printing  and   Supplies   5,520.46 

Office   Rent   94L25 

Office    Furniture    573.50 

Airs.  Baldwin,  Special  Work 60.00 

Col.    Cowden    Emeritus 627.03 

Miscellaneous    236.71 

Distribution,    Finance    Commission    208.25 

Underwriting,   Interchurch  World  Movement 2,304.97 

Bronze  Tablet,  Pfrimmer  Memorial  250.00 

$  36  992.14 

Overdraft  April  1,  1917 '  93.20 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 11,748.60 

$48,833.94 


29 


COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  RECEIPTS 

1918  1919                1920                 1921             Totals 
Budget  and  General  Col- 
lections   $  7,269.48  $     6,398.87     $     7,093.36     $     3,869.89     $  24,631.60 

Thank    Offering    3,000.00  3,000  00 

United    Enlistment    CoI._  10,892.63         10.892.63 

Books  &  Literature  Sold  95.95  496.39              646.00              423.96           1,662.30 

Children's    Day    Col 131.87  3,0(11.22              638.60              493.36           4,265.05 

Teacher    Training    Fees.  279.50  161.00              121.00              102.00              663.50 

Brotherhood  Fees 10.87  1.00                12.00                                       23.87 

Reading  Course 1.00  4.00                                                                 5.00 

U.  B.  Pub.  House,  Work 

for  Miss  Koontz 100.00  400.00             400.00              500.00           1,400.00 

Centennial    Collections    _  2,289.99  2.289.99 

Totals   $  7,888.67  $  10,462.48     $  11,910.96    $  18,571.83     $  48,833.94 

COMPARISON  OF   YEARLY   EXPENDITURES 

Salary  of  Gen.  Secretary  $  2,250.00  $     2,250.00     $     2,250.00     $     2,250.00     C^     9,000.00 
Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

(7  months)    99.00  99.00 

Salary  of  M.  A.   Honline 

(3  months)    300.00  300.00 

Sal'y  of  Miss  Ida  Koontz  1,090.00  1,200.00           1,200.00           1,500.00           4.990.0-3 

Donations    of    Literature  387.94  536.00           1,129.66              490.50           2,544.10 
Traveling     Expenses     of 

Officers   and    Board—  452.29  491.87             597.89          1,305.72          2,847.77 

Clerical     702.25  730.50             904.75           1,257.25          3,594.75 

Postage   and   Telephone.  725.70  602.23             705.86             860.56          2,894.35 

Printing  and  Supplies—  872.26  827.76           1,488.44          2,332.00           5.520.46 

Office    Rent    210.00  281.25             225.00             225.00             941.25 

Office   Furniture   212.00  91.50             270.00                                     573.50 

M  r  s.     Baldwin,     Special 

Work    60.00  60.00 

Col.  Cowden  Emeritus-  116.64  189,57             175.00             145.82             627.03 

Miscellaneous    33.41  50.00                82.20                71.10              236.71 

Distribution      Finance 

Commission     208.25  208.25 

Underwriting,  Interchurch 

World    Movement 2,304.97  2.304.97 

Bronze  Tablet,  Pfrimmer 

Memorial   .  250.00              250.00 

Totals   $  7,719.74  $     7,250.68-  $     9,028.80    $  12,992.92    $  36  992.14 

Overdraft    April     1,    1917 9^20 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 11.748  60 

$  48  8,'!3  04 


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Young  People 


RECEIPTS 

Budget  and  General  Collections $  11,885.49 

Thank   Offering  2,000.00 

United  Enlistment   Collections   5,866.58 

Evangelistic    Meetings    217.10 

Branch    Collections    53.32 

Dollar  League  69.95 

Anniversary  Offerings  1,816.95 

Literature    Sold    723.90 

Revival    75.87 

Special  Collection  Refund  on  Travel 517.65 

Pins   Sold  2.50 

$  23  229  31 
Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 509.95 

$  23,739.26 
EXPENDITURES 

Salary  of  General  Secretary $  8,899.50 

Salary  of  General  Treasurer   (7  months) 24.00 

Traveling    Expenses    2,760.02 

Clerical 2.492.28 

Printing  and   Supplies   3,448.27 

Furniture    12.15 

Postage  and  Telephone 1,264.84 

Office  Rent  300.00 

Books    350.19 

Miscellaneous    3.25 

Distribution    of    Finance    Commission 52.00 

Field  Work 77.84 

$  19.684.34 
Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 4.054.92 

$  23.739.26 


31 


COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  RECEIPTS 
1918  1919  1920 

Budget  and  General  Col- 
lections   $    2,255.07    $    3,543.04    $    3,937.45 

Thank  Offering 2,000.00 

United    Enlistment    Col- 
lections   

Evangelistic    Meetings 217.10 

Branch   Collections 30.74  22.58 

Dollar  League 69.95 

Anniversary    Offerings    _  6.00  1,664.52  103.95 

Literature   Sold   388.53  36.14  213.64 

Revival    — 75.87 

Sp'l     Collection,     Refund 
on  Travel 289.17  228.48 

Pins  Sold 2.50 

Totals   $     2,967.39     $     5,631.32     $     6,486.02 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 


1921 

Totals 

$     2,149.93 

$  11,885.49 
2,000.00 

5,866.58 

42.48 
85.59 

5,866.58 
217.10 

53.32 

69.95 

1,816.95 

723.90 

75.87 

517.65 
2.50 

$     8,144.58 

$  23,229.31 
509.95 

$  23,739.26 


COMPARISON   OF  YEARLY  EXPENDITURES 

Salary  of  Gen.  Secretary  $     2,149.50     $     2,250.00  $     2,250.00     $     2,250.00  $     8,899.50 
Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer 

(7  months)   24.00  24.00 

Traveling    Expenses    _._          387.16              758.92  860.09             753.85  2,760.02 

Clerical 366.53             477.50  689.25             959.00  2,492.28 

Printing    and    Supplies..         607.32          1,287.99  761.70             791.26  3,448.27 

Furniture   12.15  12.15 

Postage  and  Telephone.         278.54             487.46  178.67             320.17  1,264.84 

Office  Rent 68.75               81.25  75.00               75.00  300.00 

Books    338.25                 7.00  4.94  350.19 

Miscellaneous    .75                  2.50  3.25 

Distribution    of     Finance 

Commission 52.00  52.00 

Field    Work    77.84  77.84 

Totals    $     4,284.20    $     5,350.12  $     4,820.40    $     5,229.62  $  19,684.34 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1920 4,054.92 

$  23,739.26 


32 


Otterbein  Home 


RECEIPTS 

General   Offerings   $  20,071.68 

Christmas  Offerings  47,167.52 

Bequests  and  Annuity  Gifts   64,637.73 

Contingent    Notes    39,490.00 

Farms  and  Creamery 168,112.37 

Admission    Fees    18,754.35 

Children's    Support    15,084.58 

Old   People's    Support   5,083.58 

Borrowed  Money,  Dayton   160,620.00 

Borrowed  Money,  Lebanon 18,767.76 

Interest   Collected 3,457.81 

Rents    Collected    4,870.64 

Housekeeping   1,062.18 

Medicine,    Clothing   and    Books    2,148.11 

Band 623.66 

Post  Card  and  Annuals 476.79 

Repairs  on  Buildings   494.69 

Sale  of  Mattie  Jones  Property 1,350.00 

Bond  Investment  ,  U.  B.  P.  H.  Bonds 6,000.00 

Notes  Receivable 100.00 

Building   Improvements 845.50 

Burial  Expense  Account 27.00 

Real  Estate  Sold 7,450.00 

Delaware  Property,  Rents  4,365.33 

Estes  Park  Property 845.45 

New  Buildings  1,476.94 

Final  Debt  150.00 

Jennie  B.  Williamson  Account 62.00 

G.  B.  Weaver  Funded  Loan  Account 30.00 

Total    $593,625.67 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917,  Dayton 2,035.88 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917,  Lebanon 1,619.10 

Overdraft  March  31,   1921,  Dayton 73,026.76 

$670,307.41 


33 


EXPENDITURES 

Paid  on  Mortgage  Purchase  of  Farm $40,000.00 

New   Buildings   142!lO0.58 

Building  Improvements 32,291.35 

Farms    1 78,'736.'45 

Creamery    2,404.87 

Farm    Improvements    973.52 

Farm   Implements  and   Equipment   13,812.79 

Repairs  on  Buildings  6!587.54 

Annuities 27^180^59 

Interest  44,686.71 

Legal    5.130.30 

Borrowed  Aloney,  Dayton  53,320.00 

Borrowed  Money,  Lebanon 15,439  78 

Clerical    2^297.45 

Furniture   and    Furnishings    7,870.85 

Postage  and  Telephone 1,341.46 

Printing  and  Supplies,  including  Post  Cards  and  Annuals  9,150.56 

Rents  15.00 

Salaries  of  Superintendent  and  Matron 8,299.96 

Salary  of  General  Treasurer 1,190.00 

Salaries  of  Field  Agents 7,950.00 

Taxes,   Insurance  and   Repairs   38,706.82 

Travel  of  Officers  and  Board ._  2,516.35 

Travel  of  Field  Agents 3,170.47 

Auto  and  Tractor 8,798.50 

Housekeeping    62,838.24 

Medicine,   Clothing  and  Books 9.072.09 

Band 3,529.59 

Orchard 510.00 

Executive  Committee  Transportation  Account 268.92 

Mrs.   Mudge  Property  Account   118.22 

Water  Wells  6,994.24 

Accounts    Payable   106.75 

Ice  Machine 411.00 

Water  Tank 430.00 

Mortgage    Note,   Sells   Farm  3,800.00 

Mattie  Jones  Property  Account 663.13 

Auditors    260.00 

Burial  Expenses  1.168.61 

Transportation  and  Freight 6,704.08 

Real   Estate   2,000.00 

Delaware   Property  Expense 2,523.53 

Estes   Park  Property 2,426.51 

Workman's    Insurance   102.68 

James  &  Coolidge.  School  Tax 700.00 

Miscellaneous    Items    4,045.54 

Seed  for  Dorcas  Farm 300.00 

G.   B.  Weaver  Funded  Loan  Account 4,000.00  . 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Raymond  Funded  Loan  Account 1,500.00 

Total    $668,445.03 

Cash  on  hand   March  31,  Lebanon 1,862.38 

$670,307.41 
i 


34 


COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  RECEIPTS 


1918 

General    Offering    $     3,215.14 

Christmas    Offerings 6,183.31 

Bequests  &  Annuity  Gifts     10,376.23 

Contingent   Notes 12.249.00 

Farms   and   Creamery 38,415.04 

Admission   Fees 2,311.20 

Children's   Support 3,468.95 

Old    People's    Support.—  853.50 

Borrowed  Monev,  Dayton     29,470.00 
Bor'ed  Money.  Lebanon         3,990.00 

Interest  Collected 148.69 

Rents  Collected 1.091.86 

Housekeeping    255.11 

Medicine     and     Clothing 

and  Books 283.40 

Band   421.50 

Post   Cards   and   Annuals  130.52 

Repairs  on  Buildings 

Sale     of     Mattie     Jones 

Property    

Bond  Investments,  U.  B. 

P.  H.  Bonds 

Notes    Receivable    

Building    Improvements- 
Burial    Expense    Account 

Real  Estate  Sold 

Delaware   Prop.,   Rents.. 

Estes  Park  Property 

New    Buildings    

Final    Debt    

Jennie    B.    Williamson 

Account    

G.     B.     Weaver     Funded 

Loan   Account    


1919 

4,049.50 

10,977.78 

22,040.41 

12,824.00 

56,835.18 

3,925.15 

4,243.35 

1,251.48 

17,350.00 

3,591.45 

1,267.09 

1,092.00 

133.48 

399.60 
95.00 
84.78 

104.69 

1,350.00 
1,000.00 


1920 
6,680.54 

12,888.73 

23,772.09 
6,579.00 

40,222.29 
5,275.00 
3,828.10 
1,124.00 

40,300.00 

6,434.84 

1,088.33 

1,056.52 

206.00 

748.24 

37.16 

120.99 

390.00 


100.00 

500.00 
27.00 

300.00 
2.015.27 

820.45 
1,426.94 


1921 

6,126.50 

17,117.70 

8,449.00 

7,838.00 

32,639.86 

7,243.00 

3,544.18 

1,854.60 

73.500.00 

4,751.47 

953.70 

1,630.26 

467.59 

716.87 

70.00 

140.50 


5,000.00 

345.50 

7,150.00 

2,350.06 

25.00 

50.00 

150.00 


62.00 
30.00 


Totals 

$  20,071.68 

47,167.52 

64,637.73 

39,490.00 

168,112.37 

18,754.35 

15,084.58 

5,083.58 

160,620.00 

18,767.76 

3,457.81 

4,870.64 

1,062.18 

2,148.11 
623.66 
476.79 
494.69 

1,350.00 

6,000.00 

100.00 

845.50 

27.00 

7,450.00 

4,365.33 

845.45 
1,476.94 

150.00 

62.00 
30.00 


Totals    $112,863.45     $142,614.94    $155,941.49     $182,205.79     $593,625.67 

Cash  on  hand  April   1,  1917,  Davton 2,035.88 

Cash  on  hand  April    1,   1917,   Lebanon 1,619.10 

Overdraft  March  31,    1921 73,026.76 


$670,307.41 


COMPARISON  OF  YEARLY  EXPENDITURES 
Paid    on    Mortgage    Pur- 
chase of  Farm $  40,000.00  40,000.00 

Building  Improvements  _  9.428.52     $  14,096.97  $     3,751.72     $     5,014.14     $  32,291.35 

Farms  6,906.39  19,636.84  26,496.82        25,696.40  78.736.45 

Creamery 2,404.87  2,404.87 

Farm    Imrovements    514.60  398.92  60.00  973.52 

Farm     Implements    and 

Equipment 1,404.53  5,081.57  2,924.73          4.401.96  13.812.79 

Repairs  on  Buildings  —  849.94  1,245.27  1,445.44           3,046.89  6,587.54 

Annuities    3.597.83  5,153.00  7,319.17         11,110.59  27,180.59 

Interest    9,871.37  9,081.36  11,218.84         14,515.14  44.686.71 

♦Legal    11.65  3.35  5,068.20               47.10  5.130.30 

Borrowed  Money.  Davton  1.400.00  11.795.00  10.125.00         30.000.00  53.320.00 

Bor'ed    Money,    Lebanon  5,651.16  5,642.41  495.74           3.650.47  15.439  78 

Clerical   431.35  499.75  513.00             853.35  2.297.45 

Furniture    &    Furnishings  724.75  5.363.28  1.449.88              332.94  7.870.85 

Postage  and  Telephone..  205.27  347.82  416.87              371.50  1,341.46 

Rents 15.00  15.C0 

35 


1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Printing    and     Supplies, 
including    Post    cards 

and    Annuals    1,270.15           1,740.38          1,851.76          4,288.27          9,150.56 

Salaries    of    Superintend- 
ent and  Matron 1,699.96          2,000.00          2,000.00          2,600.00          8,299.96 

Salary  of  Gen.  Treasurer  290.00              300.00             300.00             300.00           1,190.00 
Salary  of    Field  Agent—  1,800.00           1,800.00          2,000.00           2,350.00           7,950.00 
Taxes,   Insurance,   &  Re- 
pairs      6,450.64          6,252.00         15,461.59         10,542.59        38,706.82 

Travel    of    Officers    and 

Board 357.55             772.42             578.42      ,        807.96          2,516.35 

Travel  of  Field  Agents.-  445.11             875.30             866.37             983.69          3,170.47 

Auto  and  Tractor 959.51          3,574.80             710.00          3,554.19          8.798.50 

Housekeeping 8,184.44         12,104.68        17,572.68        24,976.44        62,838.24 

Medicine    and    Clothing 

and    Books    923.37          1,756.65          2,885.47          3,506.60          9,072.09 

Band   1,123.50             827.99             895.34             682.76          3,529.59 

Orchard    313.01              184.33               12.66                                    510.00 

Executive     Com.     Trans- 
portation Account 113.79               53.70               29.05               72,38             268.92 

Mrs.   Mudge   Prop.  Acct.  27.12               38.22                26.44               26.44              118.22 

Water   Wells   203.75                                 6,585.07             205.42          6,994.24 

Accounts  Payable 106.75                                                                                 106.75 

Ice   Machine   411.00                                                                                    411.00 

Water  Tank 430.00                                                                                    430.00 

Mortgage     Note,     Sells 

Farm   3,800.00                                                       3,800.00 

Mattie  Tones  Prop.  Acct.  663.13                                                             663.13 

Auditors     _       -     85.00               80.00               95.00             260.00 

Burial   Expense  136.18             324.25             708.18          1,168.61 

Transportation  &  Freight  3,364.08           3,340.00           6,704.08 

New  Buildings                -  50,515.72        91,584.86       142,100.58 

Real  Estate                       -  1,000.00          1,000.00          2,000.00 

Delaware   Prop.    Expense  1,082.82           1,440.71           2.523.53 

Estes    Park    Property—  •                                                      821.22           1,605.29           2,426.51 

Workman's    Insurance 102.68                                     102.68 

Tames  &  Coolidge,  School 

Tax                      -          -  700.00                                    700.00 

Miscelleanous  Items 1,466.56          1,924.52             547.90             106.56          4.045.54 

Seed  for  Dorcas  Farm  _.  300.00             300.00 
G.     B.     Weaver     Funded 

Loan  Account 4,000.00           4,000.00 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Raymond 

Funded    Loan   Account  1,500.00           1,500.00 

Totals    $109,993.44     $117,234.84     $181,538.93     $259,677.82     $668,445.03 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921,  Lebanon 1.862.38 

$670,307.41 

*  Five  thousand  dollars  legal  fees  for  eight  years'  service,  who  contributed  a  returned 

gift    of   fifteen  hundred    dollars    included    in    General    Offerings. 


36 


Board  of  Administration 


RECEIPTS 

1918  1919 

Budget    Collections    $     1,941.58    $     4,366.99 

United    Enlistment    Col- 
lections    

Thank  Offering 

Distribution     of     Finance 

Commission 3,345.91 

United  Workers'  Quart  ly  330.52  113.42 

United    Enlistment    Bul- 
letin    

Literature  Sold 68.26  44.23 

Emblems    

Miscellaneous    40.00 

Campaign 

Literature   Sold   

Borrowed  Money 

Interest  Refund 

**Return  Campaign  Areal 
Account    

Totals   $     5,686.27    $    4,564.64 

Overdraft    March    31.    1921 


1920 
7,031.51     $ 


1921  Totals 

791.67    $  14,131.75 


**Due  Treasury  from  Central  District,  $500.00. 


4,150.24 

49,198.71 

49,198.71 
4,150.24 

3,345.91 
443.94 

671.15 

48.16 

16.21 

.83 

234.55 
165.98 

1.10 

905.70 

326.63 

16.21 

41.93 

180.00 

50,000.00 
7.83 

180.00 

50,000.00 

7.83 

3,500.00 

3,500.00 

$  12,098.10 

$103,899.84 

$126,248.85 
_  70,000  00 

$196,248.85 

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EXPENDITURES 

Salary  of  Gen.  Secretary  $  2,250.00  $     1,406.25  $     2,250.00     $     2,250.00     $     8,156.25 

Travel  967.87  1,168.27  2,304.89  2,628.59  7,069.62 

Clerical    668.00  515.65  3,996.43  1,737.00  6.917.08 

Postage,    Telephone    and 

Telegraph    169.71  300.80  4,494.33  543.55  5.508.39 

Printing  and  Supplies.—  1,456.27  773.46  12,474.06  2,339.94  17,043.73 

Literature    13.52  239.93  1,247.66  52.11  1,553.22 

Rents    100.00  175.00  150.00  150.00  575.00 

Miscellaneous    60.90  3.00  40.00  42.50  146.40 

Field  Work 33.76  5,689.10  10.88  5,733.74 

Furniture   41.15  2.93  44.08 


Totals  $  5,686.27     $     4,616.12     $  32,687.62  $     9,757.50  $  52,747.51 

Campaign 

Salaries  of  Directors $     2,625.00  $     3,962.00  $     6.587.00 

Travel 1,624.76  11,821.40  13.446.16 

Clerical  1,537.08  4,902.68  6.439.76 

Postage,    Telephone    and 

Telegraph 1,275.11  5,600.77  6.875.88 

Printing  and  Supplies—  6.756.79  10.166.51  16.923.30 

Field  Work 299.32  6.604.51  6,903  83 

Rents     50.00  101.25  151.25 

Miscellaneous    114.75  482.32  597.07 

Advanced  to  Areas 3,750.00  250.00  4,000.00 

Literature    22.56  22.56 

Totals $  18,032.81  $  43,914.00  $  61,946.81 

SUMMARY  OF  EXPENDITURE 

1918               1919                1920  1921  Totals 

Board  of  Administration^  5,686.27     $     4,616.12     $  32,687.62  $     9,757.50  $  52.747.51 

Campaign 18,032.81  43,914.00  61,946.81 

Underwriting,  Interchurch 

World   Movement  _.__  30.906.89  30.9G6.89 

Borrov^-ed  Money 50.000.00  50.000.00 

Interest 647.64  647.64 

Totals   $  5.686.27     $     4.616.12     $  50.720.43  $135,226.03  $196,248  85 

During  1920  and  1921  thcte  was  such  an  interlocking  of  conditions  as  between 
Board  of  Administration  and  Campaign  as  to  make  absolute  distributions  almost  im- 
possible. The  above  figures  are  -in  accord  with  Secretarial  orders  on  expense  dis- 
tributions. 


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Treasurer's  Office 


RECEIPTS 

1918  1919  1920  1921            Totals 

Budget   $     1,726.47  $     4,182.57  $     5,127.26  $     5,712.76  $  16,749.06 

Otterbein    Home,   on 

Treasurer's  Salary 290.00  300.00  300.00  300.00           1,190.00 

Totals    $     2,016.47  $     4,482.57  $     5,427.26  $    6,012.76  $  17,939.06 

EXPENDITURES 

♦Salary $     1,165.00  $     2,400.00  $     2,400.00  $     2,400.00  $     8,365.00 

Travel   33.41  29.73  209.49              Zll.dl 

Clerical  280.50  889.50  1,449.49  2,108.00          4,727.49 

Postage   and   Telephone-          133.84  295.17  353.59  354.40           1,137.00 
Printing  and  Supplies,  in- 
including    loose     leaf 

records 198.50  507.64  810.85  586.93          2,103.92 

Rents    61.67  175.00  150.00  150.00             536.67 

Miscellaneous   176.96  19.35  71.10  36.94             304.35 

Auditors    100.00  100.00  90.00             290.00 

Treasurer's  Bond 62.50  62.50                                     125.00 

Furniture    77.00                77.00 

Totals   $     2,016.47  $     4,482.57  $     5,427.26  $     6,012.76  $  17,939.06 

*The  first  five  months'  salary  was  a  direct  charge  to  departments. 


Bishops 


RECEIPTS 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Budget  Credits $  17,839.46     $  19,719.10    $  17,000.00  $  17,000.00     $  71.558.56 

General  Offerings 18.56  18.56 

Totals    -' %  17,858.02    $  19,719.10     $  17,000.00  $  17,000.00     $  71,577.12 

EXPENDITURES 

Salaries $  17,918.00     $  18,031.23     $  17,000.00  $  17,000.00     $  69,949.23 

Moving  Expenses 998.68  998.68 

Clerical   19.00  19.00 

Totals   $  18,935.68     $  18,031.23     $  17,000.00  $  17,000.00     $  70.966.91 

Overdraft    April    1,    1917 610.21 

$  71,577.12 
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Evangelistic 


1918 

Budget  Collections $     1,346.16 

Thank  Offering 

United    Enlistment     Col- 
lections   

Special  Collections 425.10 

Literature    

Totals   $     1,771.26 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,   1917 


RECEIPTS 

1919  1920 

5     1,413.34     $     1,574.96 
2,000.00 


1,201.61 


1,069.71 


1921 
859.99 


3,116.04 

1,945.51 

70.00 


Totals 
5,194.45 
2,000.00 

3,116.04 

4,641.93 

70.00 


$     2,614.95     $    4,644.67    $     5,991.54    $ 


15,022.42 
1,914.34 


EXPENDITURES 

Sal.  of  Evangelists $  1,121.17     $     1,556.25     $     1,059.33 

Travel 252.54             591.10             386.85 

Printing  and  Supplies—  137.00                10.00                69.50 

Postage  and  Telephone—  22.41                  4.98                10.39 

Sal.  of  Treas.  (7  mo.)— _  41.50 

Clerical 14.50 

Distribution     of     Finance 

Commission 37.25 

Literature  

Totals    $     1,626.37     $     2,162.33     $     1,526.07     $    4,666.86    $ 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,   1921 


$  16,936.76 


2,706.64 

886.45 

999.55 

29.22 


45.00 


6,443.39 

2,116.94 

1,216.05 

67.00 

41.50 

14.50 

37.25 
45.00 

9,981.63 
6,955.13 


$  16,936.76 


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General  Contingent  Fund 


RECEIPTS 

1918               1919  1920                 1921  Totals 

Budget  Collections $       836.83     $     1,413.34    $  1,574.96    $       859.99  $    4,685.12 

United     Enlistment     Col 

lections   2,140.29  2,140.29 

Interest  on  Bank  Balance          525.20              828.53  1,030.17           1,710.97  4,094.87 

Totals   $     1,362.03     $     2,241.87     $  2,605.13     $     4,711.25  $  10,920.28 

EXPENDITURES 
Travel  Board  of  Bishops 
outside     their     regular 

duties    $         48.34     $       545.32    $  382.80    $       502.09  $     1,478.55 

Federal  Council 300.00             300.00  350.00             450.00  1,400.00 

Ex.  to  Church  Federation            63.16  423.67  486.83 

Treasurer's  Bond 62.50  62.50  125.00 

Printing  and   Supplies—            55.50              150.41  95.00              149.25  450.16 

Postage  and  Telephone..              4.93                33.43  8.42  46.78 

Clerical   7.50  95.00               30.00  132.50 

Miscellaneous   18.26  43.00  61.26 

Legal  .• 2.35  2.35 

Church  Union  Extension  34.00  34.00 

Meth.  Book  Concern 17.00  17.00 

Anti-Saloon  League 12.00  12.00 

Charles  Gulick,  Mayflow- 
er Commission 50.00  50.00 

Dalton  Calculating  Mach.  308.70  308.70 

Dictating  Machine 300.00  300.00 

Totals   $        560.19     $     1,029.16    $  925.15     $    2,390.63  $     4,905.13 

Overdraft  April   1,   1917 2,539.88 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 3,475.27 

$  10,920.28 


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General  Conference  Expense 


RECEIPTS 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Budget  Collections $     1,528.11  $  24,000.00        25,528.11 

Conf.  Collections 247.72    $       763.61     $  1,479.05  2,490.38 

Funded  Loan 1,500.00  1,500.00 

Interest    458.75  458.75 

Totals   $    3,734.58    $       763.61     $     1,479.05     $  24,000.00    $  29,977.24 

Cash  on  hand  April  1,  1917 12,283.45 

$  42,260.69 

EXPENDITURES 

Expenses  of  Gen.  Conf._$  18,704.19  $  18,704.19 

Refund  Conferences $       580.00             580.00 

Travel     —       34.16                34.16 

Printing    12.50                12.50 

Totals   $  18,704.19  $       626.66    $  19,330.85 

Cash  on  hand  March  31,  1921 22,929.84 

$  42,260.69 


Pension  Bureau 


RECEIPTS 

1918  1919  1920  1921  Totals 

Budget  Collections $     4,063.21     $         28.29  $     4,091.50 

United     Enlistment     Col- 
lections   •  $  22,899.91         22,899.91 


$  26,991.41 

Cash   on   hand  April    1,   1917   ___ 10,029.45 

$  37,020.86 
EXPENDITURES 

Refunds  to  Conference__$  13,954.20                                                                           $  13,954.20 

Treasurer's  Salary 10.00  10.00 

Clerical   8.00  8.00 

Distribution     of     Finance  ,  .„  .,r 

Commission 148.75  1^8.75 

^  14.120.95 

Cash   on   hand   March   31,    1921 22.899.91 

$  37,020.86 

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Budget  and  U.  E.  M.  Collections 


RECEIPTS 

United 

Budget  Enlistment 

3Yrs.  2Mo.        10  Mo.  Totals 

♦Allegheny    $  61,788.47  $  37,887.45  $  99,675.92 

♦California 6,569.50  7,520.20  14,089.70 

Colorado 2,585.97  4,883.09  7,469.06 

♦Columbia  River 3,036.10  1,900.53  4,936.63 

East  Ohio   33,462.05  37,273.25  70.735.30 

♦East  Pennsylvania 66,323.65  47,513.23  113,836.88 

East  Tennessee   2,428.21  3,310.88  5,739.09 

Erie  8,744.26  11,164.67  19,908.93 

Florida    478.60  545.31  1,023.91 

Indiana  9,497.23  10,532.77  20,030.00 

Iowa  State   18,178.68  35,439.37  53,618.05 

Kentucky    28.17  28.17 

Louisiana   1,018.02  580.20  1,598  22 

Lower  Wabash 6,270.80  6,270.80 

Miami  46,487.54  65,342.59  111,830.13 

Michigan    4,448.65  5,662.16  10,110.81 

Minnesota 1,518.54  3.133.00  4,651.54 

Missouri  3,994.70  6.651.03  10.645.73 

Montana   1,079.41  858.87  1.938.28 

Kansas    28.692.57  46,687.90  75,380.47 

Northern  Illinois 26,716.19  49,216.60  75.932.79 

Nebraska    16,396.35  28,439.09  44,835.44 

New  Mexico  868.73  583.79  1.452.52 

Ohio  German 5,611.28  10,678.16  16.289.44 

Oklahoma 1,999.29  2,757.15  4,756.44 

♦Oregon  5,301.72  5.133.36  10,435.08 

♦Pennsylvania    61,562.94  42,849.78  104,412.72 

St.  Joseph 35,979.10  46,184.54  82,163.64 

Sandusky  49,610.07  66,744.00  116,354.07 

Southeast  Ohio 21,046.01  46,466.21  67,512.22 

Virginia    16,151.22  21,240.81  37,392.03 

West  Tennessee 109.37  109.37 

West   Virginia   12,618.37  15,362.56  27,980.93 

White  River 26,586.57  35,446.90  62,033.47 

Wisconsin 5,776.90  10,321.48  16.098.38 

Totals   _'_ $592,965.23  $708,310.93  $1,301,276.16 

Let  is  be  understood  that  the  first  column  represents  only   "Budget"   Receipts, 

with  no  Departmental  specials.  Neither  does  it  include  Annual  Conference  Work  nor 
Colleges,  and  other  interests  as  under  the  United  Enlistment  Movement. 

♦It   is   but   just,   to   note   that   the   conferences   marked   with    an   asterisk,    did    not 

operate  under  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  until  the  end  of  their  conference 
year,  and  therefore  their  receipts  from  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  were  not  as 
large,  in  comparison  as  those  which  began  June  1,  1920. 


43 


Distribution  of  Budget  and  U.  E.  M.  Collections 


United 
Total       Enlistment 
1918  1919  1920  1921  Budget         1921 

Bishops    $  17,839.46  $  20,006.14  $  17,000.00  $    2,833.32  $  57,678.92  $  14,166.68    . 

B6ard   of   Admin.  1,941.58        4,366.99        7,031.51           791.67       14,131.75      49,198.71  I 

Church  Treas.  Of.  1,726.47        4,182.57        5,127.26           846.06       11,882.36        4,866.70  ^ 

Gen.  Conf.  Exp'se  1,528.11                                                                       1,528.11       24,000.00 

Contingent  Fund_  836.83         1,413.34        1,574.96           859.99        4,685.12        2,140.29 

Home  Missions  -  38,638.26      48,053.03       53,548.92      29.239.23     169,479.44      89,488.76 

Foreign  Missions.  38,638.26      48,053.03      53,548.92      29,239.23     169,479.44     106,953.76 

Church   Erection.  13,461.58       14,133.24       15,749.67        8,599.76      51,944.25       42,717.47 

Bonebrake  Sem.  _  10,769.28       11,306.60       12,599.76        6,879.82      41,555.46      44,428.14 

Sunday   School—  7,178.35        6,359.98        7,087.36        3,869.89      24,495.58       13,182.62 

Board  of  Educa._  5,712.02        7,066.67        7,874.82        4,299.90      24,953.41        6,666.65 

'^DeJt^   Peoples  ^  244  77        3,533.29        3,937.45        2,149.93       11,865.44        5,866.58 

Evangelism'""!  1.346.16         1,413.34        1,574.96           859.99        5.194.45        3.116.04 

Pension   Bureau-  4,063.21             28.29                                                  4,091.50      22,899.91 

Otterbein   College  JMInnc 

Leb.  Val.  College.  1M49.95 

Ind.  Central  Univ.  c'Kh  oJ 

Kansas  City  Univ.  -      .         ,                 ,        .                        Hi.lt 

York  College  —  5,724.98 

Philomath  College  o  oSooo 

Shen.  Col.  Inst—  ofoc  19 

Col.    Scholarships  TwIq 

Sem.  Scholarships  4,3U5.1» 

*  Annual     Confer-  ,      „  .  -  j 

ences    Preferred  217,928.43  | 

Loss    on    Liberty  ^ 

Bonds    ' 


Totals $145,924.34  $169,916.^1  $186,655.59  $  90,468.79  $592,965.23  $708,310.93 

♦See  details  of  same  which  inimediately  follow: 


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Annual  Conference  Preferred  Claims 


1921 
United  Enlistment 

Allegheny   $  10,»72.00 

California    2,569.00 

Colorado  1,500.00 

Columbia  River 647.00 

East  Ohio 12,530.00 

East  Pennsylvania 13,374.00 

Erie    4,795.00 

Florida 293.67 

Indiana    6,763.54 

Iowa  State 9,170.00 

Miami    13,610.00 

Michigan     3,943.32 

Minnesota 2,860.00 

Missouri    2,570.00 

Montana    810.20 

Kansas    15,660.00 

Illinois  15,000.00 

Nebraska    6,230.00 

New  Mexico   407.27 

Ohio   German   5,090.00 

Oklahoma 1,416.00 

Oregon    1,505.00 

Pennsylvania  8,645.00 

St.  Joseph 14,580.00 

Sandusky    14,840.00 

Virginia    —  -  7,750.00 

Tennessee     1,670.00 

West  Virginia 10,017.43 

White   River   11,340.00 

Wisconsin     3,290.00 

Southeast^  Ohio   14,180.00 

Total $217,928.43 


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Re-Cap 

Showing  all  Funds  in  the  Treasury  for  the  Quadrennium 


Receipts    Expenditures 

Cash  in  Treasury  April  1,  1917 $118,640.80 

Home   Missions  501,366.16  $360,131.36 

Foreign  Missions 966,393.00  925,922.27 

Church    Erection    420,506.99  416,323.44 

Bonerake    Seminary    608,542.31  623,898.08 

Sunday  School   48,833.94  36,992.14 

Board  of  Education 130,732.12  133,277.25 

Young    Peoples    23,229.31  19,684.34 

Otterbein   Home   593,625.67  668,445.03 

Board   of  Administration    126,248.85  196,248.85 

Church  Treasurer  17,939.06  17,939.06 

Bishops   71,577.12  70,966.91 

Evangelism    15,022.42  9,981.63 

General    Contingent    Fund   10,920.28  4,905.13 

General   Conference   Expense  29,977.24  19,330.85 

Pension  Bureau  26,991.41  14,120.95 

Armenian  and  Other  Relief  Funds 144,437.47  144,437.47 

Cash  in  Treasury  March  31,  1921 192,379.39 

Totals  $3,854,984.15  $3,854,984.15 


46 


Condition  of  the  Treasury 

Showing  Departmental  Credit  Balances  and  Overdrafts 


Credit  Balances 

Home   Missions   $154,204.97 

Foreign  Missions 53,899.02 

Church    Erection    58,416.84 

Sunday-School  Board 11,748.60 

Board  of  Education 4,703.83 

Young    Peoples'    Department    4,054.92 

Evangelism    6,955.13 

General  Contingent  Fund 3,475.27 

General   Conference   Expense   22,929.84 

Pension   Bureau   22,899.91 

Otterbein    Home,    Lebanon    1,862.38 

$345,150.71 
Overdrafts 

Bonebrake    Seminary   $    9,744.56 

Otterbein  Home 73,026.76 

Board  of  Administration 70,000.00 

$152,771.32 

Cash    balance    $192,379.39 

L.  O.   MILLER,  General  Church  Treasurer. 


47 


REPORT  TO 

General  Conference 

Of  the  President  of 

Bonebrake  Seminary 


Report  to  General  Conference 

OF  THE 

President  of  Bonebrake  Seminary 


Dear  Brethren: 

It  gives  nic  pleasure  to  present  to  the  conference  the  llrst  report  called  for 
by  this  body  from  the  head  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Boncl^rake  Theological  Semi- 
nary. "Grace  to  3'ou  and  Peace.''  The  aggregate  attendance  during  the  last 
four  years  has  l)eei>249  students.  The  actual  new  matriculants  have  l)een  114. 
The  number  of  graduates  during  tlie  quadrennium  has  been  sixty-one.  making 
561  graduates  during  the  history  of  tlie  inslituticm,  an  average  of  a  fraction 
more  than  eleven  per  year  from  the  first  class  of  eight  in  1S74,  wliereas  during 
this  quadrennitmi  there  have  graduated  an  average  of  fifteen  and  one-fourtli  per 
year.     This  year's  class  numbered  nineteen. 

Of  the  114  new  matriculants  of  tlii>  (|uadreniiium  now  closing,  above  29 
percent,  almost  30  percent  were  college  graduates.  If  we  add  such  as  had 
jjartial  college  courses,  the  percentage  will  be  ujiward  of  42  percent. 

While  we  could  wish  that  the  projxjrtion  were  much  greater  it  is  far 
above  some  of  the  schools,  in  whicli  the  ])roi)ortiou  of  college  meu  is  reported 
to  be  as  low  as  5  percent.  .\  recent!}'  pu))lished  statement,  ])uri)orting  to  be 
authoritative,  announced  that  in  a  careful  survey  of  ninct3--six  seminaries  of  our 
countrj-,  64.5  percent  of  the  students  were  college  graduates,  16  percent  had  had 
two  years  in  college.  13.5  percent  high-school  courses,  and  six  percent  (uily 
grammar  school  education. 

It  will  seem  to  require  no  argument  that  everyone  nowadays  entering  the 
ministry  should  have  as  thorough  a  course  of  ])rofessional  and  educational 
l)reparation  as  possible.  Every  other  profession  requires  special  training.  I 
cannot  admit  that  the  ministry  is  below  other  i)rofessions  in  importance,  in 
responsibility,  in  dignity,  in  difliculty  of  the  tasks.  Surely  real  efficiency 
reqm'res  brains,  cidture,  skill,  and  knowledge,  as  well  as  i)iety  and  consecration. 
Our  min-istry  has  not  yet  become  toj^-heavy — we  have  tlins  far  escaped  the  dire 
peril  of  too  much  learning  which  might  awakt-n  susi)icion  in  some  I'estns  ol 
madness  in  our  spiritual  leaders. 

AS  TO  THE  CURRICULA 

An  examination  of  the  catalo.u  from  page  ten  to  page  thirty-two  where  there 
is  presented  a  discussicni  of  the  different  dei)artments  of  theological  study  and 
their  scope,  a  brief  definition  of  each,  ending  with  the  arrangement  of  the 
several  ".groups"  of  sul)jects.  will  reveal  that  the  courses  we  offer  are  essentially 
the  equixalent  of  those  vi  the  best  seminaries  in  the  land. 


The  following  arc  the  "Departments  of  Instruction,"  Old  Testament  in- 
cluding the  study  of  Hebrew: — with  Aramaic,  Syriac  and  Arabic  as  electives; 
the  exegesis  of  a  number  of  Old  Testament  l)Ooks;  Old  Testament  Theology; 
Old  Testament  Introduction;  Bible  Antiquities  and  (ieography;  Doctrines  of 
l'ro])hets;  The  Monimients  and  the  Old  Testament. 

The  New  Testament  Department  ofifers  the  Greek  language  of  the  New 
Testament;  History  of  New  Testament  Times;  Apostolic  History;  the  Exegesis 

of  the  Gospels  and  the  chief  Epistles:  Ethics  of  the  New  Testament,  Biblical 
Theology  of  the   New   Testament.     The   Department   of  Systematic   Theology 

presents  Theological  Encyclopedia;  Christian  Doctrine;  Theistic  and  Christian 

Belief;   History  of  Doctrine:  The   Self-Kevelation   of   God  and  a   Compend   of 

Theology  for  the  deaconess  students. 

The  Historical  Department  offers  Ancient.  Medieval  and  Modern  History; 
Old  Testament  History:  Ecclesiastical  History:  History  of  the  United  Brethren 
Church:  the   History  of  Christianity  in  America. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PRACTICAL  THEOLOGY 

Presents  Rhetoric;  Theory  of  Preaching:  The  Alodern  Pulpit;  The  Preacher 
and  His  Work;  History  of  Preaching;  The  Modern  Pulpit;  The  Modern 
Church;  Pastoral  Theology  or  PoinuMiics;  Pulilic  Worship  and  Administration; 
Practice  Preaching:  Hymnology. 

Department  of  Religious  Education — one  of  the  best  courses  in  any  insti- 
tution— includes  General  Psychology;  Genetic  Psychology;  Psychology  of  Child- 
hood; Principles  and  Methods  of  Religious  Education;  History  of  Religious 
Education;  Psychology  of  Religion:  Materials  of  !\eligious  Education;  Sunday 
School  Organization,  Equipment  and  Administration;  Social  Psychology  and 
the   F'hilosophy  of  Religious  Education. 

Next  is  the  Department  of  English  liible  with  ten  divisions  as  now  out- 
lined. Then  the  Department  of  Missions  treating  of  The  History  of  Religion: 
Comparative  Religion:  Modern  Missions;  Christian  Missions;  American  Mission 
Eields;  L^nited  Brethren  Missions.  Lastly  the  Department  of  Sociology, 
including  Elementary  Psychology*;  Advanced  Sociology:  The  Ethical  Teachings 
of  the  New  Testament,  The  various  institutions,  industrial,  penal,  eleemosynary, 
civic,  etc..  are  visited  and  examined.  It  is  patent  that  a  student  will  have  all 
he  can  possibly  do  in  three  years,  no  matter  what  his  native  al)ility  or  his 
industry. 

METHOD 

Our  Methods  of  instruction  we  endeavor  to  direct  alon.g  scientific  lines;  for 
example,  in  the  Semitic  tongues  we  pursue  strictly  the  inductive  method.  We 
use  text  books  in  class,  but  also  employ  lectures,  tests,  quizzes,  and  require  many 
papers  on  assigned  subjects.  The  lil)rary,  open  all  day,  is  constantly  accessible 
to  the  students  for  consultation  and  study.  'Thus  the  student  is  not  conlined 
to  one  text-l)ook  alone,  but  he  becomes  acf|uainte(l  with  a  range  of  literature  on 
the  subject  in  hand  .uu!  is  supposed  to  acquire  the  bal)it  of  and  facility  in 
investigation,  besides  discovering  the  unspeakai)le  valne  of  constafit  writin.g, 
for  as  Lord  Bacon  put  it,  while  "Reading  maketh  a   full  man.  speaking  a  readv 

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man,  writing  iiiaketli  an  exact  man."  Indeed,  for  tlie  most  part,  thr  jM-aetiee  is 
ratlu-r  the  study  of  subjects  tlian  the  slaxisli  follow  iny  of  a  text-hook.  Thus,  it 
will  he  seen,  that  present  day  courses  are  olt'ered  and  jirestnt  day  methods  are 
employed.  I'ut  no  faeult\-,  however  learned  or  eapahle,  ran  pour  either  knowl- 
ediji^e  or  culture  into  a  man.  There  must  he  proloni'ed.  unswervin.i.;,  downright 
hard  work  on  the  part  of  a  stmlcnt.  I'here  sometimes  are  indolent,  good-for- 
n<ithin,ii:  haui^ers  on  in  every  school. 

THE  RELIGIOUS  SIDE  OF  THE  SEMINARY 

We  believe  in  education,  intelliH-tual  culture,  learning-,  and  earnestly  seek  to 
foster  and  promote  these  elements.  l!ut  we  believe  first  and  most  of  all  in  piety, 
spirituality  and  consecration.  Culture  and  knowledge  are  each,  a  great  power, 
but  we  know  \ery  well  that  "it  is  not  by  might  iu>r  by  power,  but  by  my 
spirit."  So  knowledge,  learning,  intellectual  ctilture.  in  this  case,  are  not  to  be 
sought  so  much  as  ends  in  themselves,  as  means  to  higher  ends,  as  instruments 
polished  and  sharpened,  to  be  wielded  under  the' inspiration  and  bj-^  the  help  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  who  is  the  mighty  Agent  in  all  successful  religious  activity. 
Hence  we  keep  constantly  emphasizing  the  necessity  of  spiritual  culture,  of 
growth  in  grace,  of  prayer  and  felbjvvship  with  (iod.  We  often  hidd  up  the 
idea  that  this  school  should  be  a  "school  of  prayer."  that  is.  where  we  shoubl 
learn  the  meaning,  the  spirit,  the  power,  the  habit  of  prayer,  where  the  revival 
lires  should  be  kei)t  brightly  burning. 

THE  FACULTY 

The  Seminary  began  with  a  faculty  of  two  professors  and  an  assistant 
teacher  in  the  person  of  the  pastor  of  the  Summit  street  church.  For  the  last 
several  years  the  teaching  force  has  consisted  of  six  regular  professors  and  one 
emeritus  professor;  one  in  the  Old  Testament,  one  in  the  Xew  Testament,  one 
in  Systematic  Theology,  one  in  History  and  Knglish  Bible,  one  in  the  ITomiletics 
Department  and  one  in  Religious  Educatiou.  The  Professor  Emeritus  has  had 
charge  of  Seminary  Extension. 

In  regard  to  the  (lualifications  of  these  instructors  I  manifestly  can  s]>eak 
only  of  the  other  men.  They  are  men  of  piety  and  intellectual  ability,  who  ha\  e 
had  training  in  a  full  college  course,  in  theological  institutions,  and  about  all 
of  them  have  taken  additional  post  graduate  courses  in  universities  in  this 
country  and  in  universities  abroad.  As  to  their  methods  I  have  already 
spoken. 

THE  LIBRARY 

The  present  day  methods  of  education,  as  before  suggested.  rc<|uire  the 
constant  use  of  the  library  for  purposes  of  investigation,  and  to  broaden  and 
Hberalize  the  mind,  to  conduct  the  student  into  the  rich,  luxuriant  fields  of 
spiritual  and  intellectual  pastures.  Books  are  among  the  best  instruments  for 
intellectual  stimulus  and  growth.  Professor  W.  G.  T.  Shedd  used  to  say.  The  chief 
means  for  the  intellectual  culture  of  the  minister  is  ''the  daily,  nightly  and 
everlasting  study  of  standard  authors.'-  Hence  a  well  stocked  librarv  of 
standard  works  of  the  great  thinkers  and  scholars  of  the  p.ist  and  the  present 

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is  not  only  a  great  desideratum  hut  a  ncccssit}'.  Tliis  Seminary  began  without 
any  library  except  a  few  hundred  volumes  temporarily  lent  to  it  l)y  the 
generosity  of  Bishop  Glassl)renncr  and  a  few  others.  Tlic  library  is  yOt  far 
smaller  than  it  should  be  for  the  age  of  the  institution,  numbering  not  more 
than  four  thousand  volumes,  j'et  it  contains  a  considerable  number  of  the  best 
authors,  together  with  a  good  supply  of  cyclopaedias,  dictionaries  and  other 
works  of  reference,  besides,  tlie  large  Public  Library  of  Dayton,  of  whose 
Board  [  have  the  honor  to  be  the  president,  is  open  to  the  free  access  of  our 
students.  But  one  of  our  special  needs  is  greatly  enlarged  and  constantly 
enlarging  additions  to  our  shelves.  Then,  as  soon  as  possible  a  lil)rary 
building. 

SEMINARY  EXTENSION 

Upon  the  whole,  the  ministry  of  our  Church  has  taken  very  kindly  to  the 
courses  of  English  Bible  study  outlined  by  Dr.  G.  .\.  Funkhouser.  .\  \cry 
great  number  of  stron.gly  commendatory  expressions  has  reached  tht  Director 
of  this  work.  Many  who  have  undertaken  these  studies  have  gratefully 
acknowledged  that  they  have  derived  much  Ijcnefit.  The  Faculty  were  some- 
time ago  asked  by  the  Senior  Bishop  to  prepare  another  four  years"  course,  an 
outline  of  which  was  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seminary  at  its 
session  one  week  ago.  Tt  can  be  published  in  the  mid-summer  bulletin  and 
be  ready  for  use  by  the  fall  conferences.  While  adhering  to  the  idea  that  the 
study  of  the  Bible  should  be  given  the  larger  place,  the  scope  of  the  four  years' 
curriculum  has  been  broadened  and  some  other  modifications  have  been  or  will 
be  introduced. 

CHANGE  OF  PRESIDENCY 

One  year  ago  at  tlie  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  I  asked  to  be  relieved 
of  the  duties  of  the  presidency  of  the  institution,  but  the  Board  declined  to 
grant  my  recjuest.  At  the  late  meeting  of  the  Board  I  renewed  the  request  and 
they  graciously  granted  it  and  elected  Bishop  A.  T.  Howard,  D.D..  as  my 
successor,  one  of  the  Ijest  known  and  most  respected  and  honored  men  in  our 
whole  denomination. 

A  MISSIONARY  CHAIR 

By  action  of  the  Women's  Missionary  Association  at  tlieir  recent  annual 
meeting,  action  was  taken  l)y  them  to  undertake  the  endowment  of  a  special 
chair  of  missions.  The  action  was  personally  i)resented  before  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Seminary.  May  7,  and  accepted  I)y  them. 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

It  is  great!}'  to  be  hoped  that  the  General  Conference  will  .give  ciruest  .ind 
adequate  attention  to  this  institution,  the  only  one  in  the  Church  directly  under 
its  control  and  es]iecially  established  for  the  trainin.g  of  the  ministry.  I  ;im 
l)rofoundl3'  conxinced  that  no  other  department  or  institution  of  the  denomi- 
nation exceeds  this  in  importance,  to  put  it  mildly,  for  all  \\  ill  and  do  allow 
that  the  minister  is  the  pivotal  man;  that  no  church  rises  higher  as  a  whole  in 
morals  or  intelligence  or  spiritual  jiower  than  its  ministry.  Without  cai'able 
leadership  an  army  is  almost  certain   to   fail,  to  meet   with  deleat.     This   leader- 


slii])  for  (|uiU'  a  miinlHT  of  Ncars  I'ast  lia^  lartjcly  come  fnnii  oiir  own  Sriniiiary. 
W'itli  ri';-;ar(l  to  tlio  niiiiistry  ol"  our  (.'luircli.  and  of  tlu'  wlioli-  country,  tlif 
recent  surveys  lia\e  revealed  two  lanientalde  delieieneies.  namely,  a  K'l^^il 
iiiadei|uacy  of  nund)ers  and  inade(|uaey  of  preparation  or  (lualilication  for  tlic 
work.  The  insnlTicicney  of  numbers  to  supply  the  elnirehcs  of  the  land  lias 
induced  many  institutions  to  open  the  doors  to  many  imperfectly  ([ualilied  to 
pursue  the  pre-eril)ed  cimr-es.  or  else  to  i)rovide  interior  courses. 

riie  most  conspicuous  need  of  our  Seminary  is  money:  (a)  Vo  put  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Board  of  Education  larger  facilities  of  heneliciary  aid  to  needy 
and  worthy  students.  We  earnestly  recommend  that  the  General  Conference 
instruct  the  Hoard  of  Education  to  make  the  maximum  allowance  of  $30U.()()  a 
year  to  college  tiraduales  while  in  tlie  Seminary,  of  which  not  more  than  $3t]0.()() 
shall  he  a  loan.  In  other  words  that  not  les.--  tlian  one-third  of  what  is  yranted 
to  students,  college  graduates  and  otiiers.  siiall  he  required  to  l)e  returned  to 
the  Hoard,  (h)  To  endow  a  considerable  number  of  scholarships  to  aiii  worlh.v 
and  capable  students,  and  as  a  stimulus  to  special  proficiency.  Wc  ha\e  a  few 
small  scholarships,  but  there  should  be  many  more  and  a  number  should  be 
more  liberal,  (c)  To  make  possible  a  decided  enlargement  of  the  librarj;.  which 
would  as  a  prudential  measure,  necessitate  the  construction  of  a  librarv  building. 

Respectfully    submitted, 

I.  i'.  L.WDIS. 


REPORT  TO 

General  Conference 

Of  the  President  of 

Bonebrake  Seminary 


Report  to  General  Conference 

OF  THE 

President  of  Bonebrake  Seminary 


Dear  Brethren: 

It  ^ivcs  nic  pleasure  to  present  to  the  conference  the  first  report  called  for 
liy  this  hody  from  the  head  of  the  Faculty  of  the  I'oncljrake  Theological  Semi- 
nar}-. "Grace  to  you  and  Peace."  The  agt^regate  attendance  during  the  last 
four  jcars  has  1)een  249  students.  The  actual  new  matriculants  have  been  114. 
The  numl)er  of  grachiatcs  during  the  quadrennium  has  been  sixty-one,  making 
561  graduates  during  the  liistory  of  tlic  institution,  an  average  of  a  fraction 
more  than  eleven  per  year  from  the  first  class  of  eight  in  1874,  wliereas  during 
this  quadrennium  there  have  graduated  an  average  of  fifteen  and  one-fourth  per 
year.     This  year's  class  numbered  nineteen. 

Of  the  114  new  matriculants  of  this  (|uadrennium  now  closing,  aI)Ove  29 
percent,  almost  30  percent  were  college  graduates.  If  we  add  such  as  had 
partial  college  courses,  the  pcrcintage  will  be  upward  of  42  percent. 

While  we  could  wish  that  the  ])rop<)rtion  were  much  greater  it  is  far 
above  some  of  the  schools,  in  which  the  proportion  of  college  men  is  reported 
to  be  as  low  as  5  percent.  A  recenth'  published  statement,  purporting  to  l)e 
authoritative,  announced  that  in  a  careful  survey  of  ninety-six  seminaries  of  our 
country,  64.5  percent  of  the  students  w-ere  college  graduates,  16  percent  had  had 
two  3'ears  in  college,  13.5  jiercent  liigh-school  courses,  and  si.\  percent  only 
.grammar  school  education. 

It  will  seem  to  require  no  argument  that  everyone  nowadays  entering  the 
ministry  should  have  as  thorough  a  course  of  ])rofessional  and  educational 
preparation  as  possible.  Every  other  profession  requires  special  training.  1 
cannot  admit  that  the  ministry  is  belov\'  other  professions  in  importance,  in 
responsibilit}',  in  dignity,  in  difticulty  of  the  tasks.  Surely  real  efficiency 
requires  brains,  culturi.-,  skill,  and  knowledge,  as  well  as  piety  and  consecration. 
Our  ministry  has  not  yet  become  top-heavy — we  have  thus  far  escaped  the  dire 
peril  of  too  much  learning  wliich  might  awaken  suspicion  in  some  l-'estus  of 
madness  in  om-  spiritual  leaders. 

AS  TO  THE  CURRICULA 

An  examination  of  the  catalog  from  page  ten  to  page  thirty-two  where  there 
is  presented  a  discussion  of  the  different  deiiartments  of  theolo.gical  study  and 
their  scope,  a  brief  defmition  of  each,  ending  with  the  arrangement  of  the 
several  '"groups'"  of  subjects,  will  reveal  that  the  courses  we  offer  are  essentially 
the  equivalent  of  those  of  the  !)est  seminaries  in   the  land. 


The  following  are  the  "Departments  of  Instruction."  Old  Testament  in- 
cluding the  study  of  Hebrew: — with  Aramaic.  Syriac  and  Arabic  as  electives; 
the  exegesis  of  a  number  of  Old  Testament  books;  Old  Testament  Theology; 
Old  Testament  Introduction;  Bible  Antiquities  and  (ieography;  Doctrines  of 
l'roi)hets;  The  Monuments  and  the  Old  Testament. 

The  New  Testament  Department  offers  the  Greek  language  of  the  New 
Testament;  History  of  New  Testament  Times;  Apostolic  History;  the  Exegesis 
of  the  Gospels  and  the  chief  Epistles;  Ethics  of  the  New  Testament,  Biblical 
Theology  of  the  New  Testament.  The  Department  of  Systematic  Theology 
presents  Theological  Encyclopedia:  Christian  Doctrine;  Theistic  and  Christian 
Belief;  History  of  Doctrine;  The  Self-Uevelation  of  God  and  a  Compend  of 
Theology  for  the  deaconess  students. 

The  Historical  Department  ofifers  Ancient.  Medieval  and  Modern  History: 
Old  Testament  History;  Ecclesiastical  History;  History  of  the  United  Brethren 
Church:  the   History  of  Christianity  in  America. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PRACTICAL  THEOLOGY 

Presents  Rhetoric;  Theory  of  Preacliins^:  Tiie  Modern  Puliiit:  Tlie  Preacher 
and  His  Work;  History  of  Preachinj;:  I'lie  jModern  Pulpit;  The  Modern 
I'hnrch:  Pastoral  Theology  or  Poinienics:  Pul)lic  Worsliip  and  Adniinistratioii : 
Practice  Preaching;  Hymnology. 

Department  of  Religious  Education — one  of  the  best  courses  in  any  insti- 
tution— includes  General  Psychology;  Genetic  Psychology;  Psychology  of  Child- 
hood: Principles  and  Methods  of  Religious  Education;  History  of  Religious 
Education:  Psychology  of  Religion:  Materials  of  Religious  Education;  Sunday 
School  Organization.  Equipment  and  .Administration;  Social  Psychology'  and 
the  Philosophy  of  Religious  Education. 

Next  is  the  Department  of  English  Bible  with  ten  divisions  as  now  out- 
lined. Then  the  Department 'of  Missions  treating  of  The  History  of  Religion; 
Comparative  Religion;  Modern  Missions:  Christian  Missions;  American  Mission 
Fields:  United  Brethren  Alissions.  Lastly  the  Department  of  Sociology, 
including  Elementary  Psychology:  Advanced  Sociology:  The  Ethical  Teachings 
of  the  New  Testament.  The  various  institutions,  industrial,  penal,  eleemosynary, 
civic,  etc.,  are  visited  and  examined.  It  is  i)atent  that  a  student  will  have  all 
he  can  possibly  do  in  three  years,  no  matter  what  his  native  ability  or  his 
industry. 

METHOD 

Our  Methods  of  instruction  we  endeavor  to  direct  along  scientific  lines;  for 
example,  in  the  Semitic  tongues  we  pursue  strictly  the  inductive  method.  We 
use  text  books  in  class,  but  also  employ  lectures,  tests,  quizzes,  and  require  many 
papers  on  assigned  subjects.  Tlie  library,  open  all  day,  is  constantly  accessible 
to  the  students  for  consultation  and  study.  Thus  the  student  is  not  confined 
to  one  text-hook  alone,  but  he  becomes  acquainted  with  a  range  of  literature  on 
the  subject  in  hanrl  and  is  supposed  to  actpiire  the  habit  of  and  facility  in 
investigation,  besides  discovering  the  unsi)eakable  value  of  constant  writing, 
for  as  Lord  Bacon  i)ut  it.  while  "Reading  niaketh  a  full  man.  speaking  a  ready 

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man.  wriliiiR  makotli  an  exact  man."  Indocd,  I'or  the  most  iiarl,  tlio  practice  is 
ratluT  llic  study  of  sul)jects  tlian  tlie  slavisli  follow  inti;  of  a  text-hook.  'I'luis,  it 
will  I'e  seen,  that  i)resent  day  courses  arc  offered  and  present  day  methods  arc 
emi)loyed.  Cut  no  faculty,  however  learned  or  capahlc,  can  pour  eitiicr  knowl- 
edge  or  culture  into  a  man.  There  must  he  prolonged,  unswervin.!^,  downright 
hard  work  on  the  part  of  a  student.  There  sometimes  are  indolent,  yood-lor- 
nothin!.i  han.i^ers  on  in  every  school. 

THE  RELIGIOUS  SIDE  OF  THE  SEMINARY 

We  l)elieve  in  education,  intellectual  culture,  learniny,  .md  earnestly  seek  to 
foster  and  promote  these  elements.  But  we  helieve  first  and  most  of  all  in  piety, 
spirituality  and  consecration.  Culture  and  knowledge  are  each,  a  great  power, 
hut  we  know  very  well  that  '"it  is  not  hy  might  nor.  by  power,  hut  hy  my 
spirit."  So  knowledge,  learning,  intellectual  culture,  in  this  case,  are  not  to  he 
sought  so  much  as  ends  in  themselves,  as  means  to  higher  ends,  as  instruments 
polished  and  sharpened,  to  be  wielded  under  the  inspiration  and  hy  the  help  of 
the  lioly  Spirit,  who  is  the  mighty  Agent  in  all  successful  religious  activity. 
Hence  we  keep  constantly'  emphasizing  the  necessity  of  spiritual  culture,  of 
growth  in  grace,  of  prayer  and  fellowship  with  God.  \\  c  often  hold  v\\>  the 
idea  that  this  school  should  be  a  '"school  of  i)rayer,"  that  is,  where  we  should 
learn  the  meaning,  the  spirit,  the  power,  the  habit  of  prayer,  wlure  the  revival 
tires  .-.hould  be  kept  brightly  burning. 

THE  FACULTY 

The  Seminary  began  with  a  faculty  of  two  professors  and  an  assistant 
teacher  in  the  person  of  the  pastor  of  the  Summit  street  church.  For  the  last 
several  years  the  teaching  force  has  consisted  of  si.\  regular  professors  and  one 
emeritus  professor;  one  in  the  Old  Testament,  one  in  the  Xew  Testament,  one 
in  Systematic  Theology,  one  in  History  and  Knglish  Bible,  one  in  the  llomiletics 
Oepartment  and  one  in  Religious  Education.  The  Professor  Emeritus  has  had 
charge  of  Seminary  Extension. 

In  regard  to  the  qualifications  of  these  instructors  I  manifestly  can  speak 
only  of  the  other  men.  They  are  men  of  piety  and  intellectual  ability,  who  have 
had  training  in  a  full  college  course,  in  theological  institutions,  and  about  .ill 
of  them  have  taken  additional  post  graduate  courses  in  universities  in  this 
country  and  in  universities  abroad.  As  to  their  methods  I  have  already 
spoken. 

THE  LIBRARY 

•  The  present  day  methods  of  education,  as  before  suggoted.  ret|uire  the 
constant  use  of  the  library  for  i)urposes  of  investigation,  and  to  broaden  and 
liberalize  the  mind,  to  conduct  the  student  into  the  rich,  luxuriant  fields  of 
spiritual  and  intellectual  pastures.  Books  are  among  the  best  instruments  for 
intellectual  stimulus  and  growth.  Professor  W.  (I.  T.  Shedd  used  to  say.  The  chief 
means  for  the  intellectual  culture  of  the  minister  is  "the  daily,  nightly  and 
everlasting  study  of  standard  authors."  Hence  a  well  stockcl  library  of 
standard  works  of  the  great  thinkers  and  scholars  of  tlu'  past  And  the  i)resent 


is  not  only  a  great  desideratum  but  a  necessitj-.  Tliis  Seminary  began  without 
any  librarj-  except  a  few  hundred  vohimes  temporarily  lent  to  it  by  the 
generosity  of  l>ishop  Glassbrenner  and  a  few  others.  The  library  is  yet  far 
smaller  than  it  should  be  for  the  age  of  the  institution,  numl)ering  not  more 
than  four  thousand  volumes,  yet  it  contains  a  considerable  nunil)cr  of  the  be>t 
authors,  together  with  a  good  supply  of  cyclopaedias,  dictionaries  and  other 
works  of  reference.  l*>esidcs.  tlie  large  Public  Library  of  Dayton,  of  whose 
Board  I  have  the  lionor  to  be  the  president,  is  open  to  the  free  access  of  our 
students.  iUit  one  of  our  special  needs  is  greatK'  enlarged  and  constantly 
enlarging  additions  to  our  shehes.  Then,  as  soon  as  possible  a  library 
l)uilding. 

SEMINARY  EXTENSION 

Upon  the  whole,  the  ministry  of  our  Church  has  taken  very  kindly  to  the 
courses  of  Englisii  Bil)le  study  outlined  by  Dr.  G.  A.  Funkhouser.  A  ^ery 
great  number  of  strongly  commendatory  expressions  has  reached  the  Director 
of  this  work.  Many  who  have  undertaken  these  studies  have  gratefully 
acknowledged  that  they  have  derived  much  benelit.  The  Facultj'  were  some- 
time ago  asked  b}-  the  Senior  Bishop  to  prepare  another  four  years'  course,  an 
outline  of  which  was  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seminary  at  its 
session  one  week  ago.  It  can  be  published  in  the  mid-summer  bulletin  an.d 
be  readj'  for  use  by  the  fall  conferences.  While  adhering  to  the  idea  that  the 
study  of  the  Bible  should  be  given  the  larger  place,  the  scope  of  the  four  years' 
curriculum  has  been  broadened  and  some  other  modihcations  have  been  or  will 
be  introduced. 

CHANGE  OF  PRESIDENCY 

One  year  ago  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  T  asked  to  be  relieved 
of  the  duties  of  the  iiresidency  of  the  institution,  but  the  Hoard  declined  to 
grant  my  request.  At  the  late  meeting  of  the  Board  I  renewed  the  re(|uest  and 
they  graciously  granted  it  and  elected  Bishop  A.  T.  Howard.  DT)..  as  in\- 
successor,  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  respected  and  honored  men  in  om" 
whole  denomination. 

A  MISSIONARY  CHAIR 

By  action  of  the  Women's  Missionary  .Association  at  their  recent  annual 
meeting,  actiou  was  taken  by  them  to  undertake  the  endowment  of  a  special 
chair  of  missions.  The  action  was  personally  ])resented  before  the  I'liard  of 
'trustees  of  the  .Seminary.   .May  7.  ami  accepted  by  them. 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

It  is  greatly  to  be  hoped  that  the  General  Conference  will  give  earnest  and 
adequate  attention  to  this  institution,  the  only  one  in  the  Church  directlv  under 
its  control  and  especially  established  for  the  training  of  the  ministr>.  1  ;iin 
lirofduiully  conxinced  that  nf)  other  department  (W  institution  of  the  denomi- 
nation exceeds  this  in  importance,  to  put  it  mildly,  for  all  will  and  do  ;illo\\ 
tliat  the  mim'ster  is  the  pivotal  man;  that  no  church  rises  higher  as  a  whole  in 
morals  or  intelligence  or  spiritual  i)Ower  than  its  ministry.  Without  capable 
leadership  an  armv  is  almost  certain  to  fail,  to  meet   with  defeat.     This  leader- 


sliii>  for  (|uilc  a  mnnl)i'r  of  yc-ars  past  ha>  Iar.L,'cl\  conic  from  our  own  Seminary. 
W'itli  rc.uard  to  tlic  ministry  of  our  C  hurcli.  and  of  the  whole  country,  tlie 
recent  surveys  liave  revealed  two  hunentalde  deiiciencies,  namely,  a  ^ri-'at 
inadeciuacy  of  nnmi)ers  and  iuade(|uacy  of  preparation  or  ([ualilication  lor  the 
work.  Tlie  insutViciency  oi  numbers  to  supply  the  churches  of  the  laud  has 
induced  many  institutions  to  open  the  doors  to  man\  imperfectly  ([ualil'ied  to 
piu'sue  the  i)re>crilied  cour-.es.  or  else  to  provide  inlerior  c(uu\ses. 

The  most  conspicuous  need  of  our  Seminary  is  money:  (a)  To  put  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Board  of  Education  larger  facilities  of  l)e.nericiary  aid  to  needy 
and  worthy  students.  We  earnestly  recommend  that  the  General  Conference 
instruct  the  I'.oard  of  l-'ducation  to  make  the  maximum  allowance  of  $30t).()0  a 
year  to  college  graduates  while  in  tlie  Semiiiary,  uf  which  not  more  than  $2(10. 00 
shall  be  a  loan.  In  other  words  tliat  not  le^^  than  one-third  of  what  is  granted 
to  students,  college  graduates  and  others,  sliall  be  required  to  be  returned  to 
the  Hoard,  (b)  To  endow  a  considerable  number  of  scholarships  to  aid  worthy 
and  capalde  students,  and  as  a  stiniuhir-  to  special  proliciency.  We  have  a  few- 
small  scholarships,  but  there  should  be  many  more  and  a  number  should  i)e 
more  liberal,  (c)  To  make  possii)le  a  decided  enlargement  of  the  library,  which 
would  as  a  prudential  measure,  necessitate  tlie  construction  of  a  lil)rary  building. 

Respectfully    sulniiitted, 

J.  P.  LAXDIS. 


REPORT  TO 

General  Conference 

Of  the  President  of 

Bonebrake  Seminary 


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Report  to  General  Conference 

OF  THE 

President  of  Bonebrake  Seminary 


Dear  Brethren: 

It  givc>  me  i)Icasnre  to  present  to  the  conference  tlic  first  report  called  for 
li.\  this  body  from  the  head  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Bonebrake  Theological  Semi- 
nary. "Grace  to  yon  and  Peace."  The  aggregate  attendance  during  the  last 
four  years  has  been  249  students.  The  actual  new  matriculants  have  been  114. 
The  numl)er  of  graduates  during  the  quadrcnnium  has  been  sixtj'-onc.  making 
561  graduates  during  the  history  of  the  institution,  an  average  of  a  fraction 
more  than  eleven  per  j'ear  from  the  lirst  class  of  eight  in  1874.  whereas  during 
this  quadrennium  there  have  graduated  an  average  of  fifteen  and  one-fourth  per 
}'ear.     This  3'ear's  class  nuniljcroil  nineteen. 

Of  the  114  new  matriculants  of  this  (luadrcnnium  now  closing.  alio\e  29 
percent,  almost  30  percent  were  college  graduates.  If  we  add  such  as  had 
partial  college  courses,  the  percentage  wiil  l)e  upward  of  42  percent. 

While  we  could  wish  that  the  proportion  were  much  greater  it  is  far 
above  some  of  the  schools,  in  which  the  proportion  of  college  men  is  rcporteil 
to  be  as  low  as  5  percent.  .\  reccntl}-  published  statement,  purporting  to  be 
authoritative,  announced  that  in  a  careful  survey  of  ninety-six  seminaries  of  our 
country,  64.5  percent  of  the  students  were  college  graduates,  16  percent  had  had 
two  years  in  college,  13.5  iiercent  high-school  courses,  and  six  percent  only 
grammar  school  education. 

It  will  seem  to  require  no  argument  that  everyone  nowadays  entering  the 
ministry  should  have  as  thorough  a  course  of  jjrofessional  and  educational 
preparation  as  possible.  Every  other  profession  requires  special  training.  I 
cannot  admit  that  the  ministrj'  is  below  other  professions  in  importance,  in 
responsibility,  in  dignit\'.  in  dilficulty  of  the  tasks.  Surely  real  efficiency 
requires  brains,  culture,  skill,  and  knowledge,  as  well  as  piety  and  consecration. 
Our  ministry  has  not  yet  become  top-heavy — we  have  thus  far  escaped  the  dire 
peril  of  too  much  learning  which  might  awaken  suspicion  in  >ome  I'estus  of 
madness  in  our  spiritual  leaders. 

AS  TO  THE  CURRICULA 

An  examination  of  the  catalog  from  page  ten  to  page  thirty-two  where  there 
is  presented  a  discussion  of  the  different  departments  of  theological  study  and 
their  scope,  a  brief  definition  of  each,  ending  with  the  arrangement  of  the 
several  "groups"  of  subjects,  will  reveal  that  the  courses  we  offer  are  essentially 
the  e<|uivalent  of  those  of  the  l)est  seminaries  in  the  land. 


The  following  arc  the  "Departments  of  Instrnction."  Old  Testament  in- 
cluding the  study  of  Hebrew: — with  Aramaic,  Syriac  and  Arabic  as  electives; 
the  exegesis  of  a  number  of  Old  Testament  books;  Old  Testament  Theology; 
Old  Testament  Introduction;  Bible  Antiquities  and  Geography;  Doctrines  of 
Prophets;  The  Monuments  and  the  Old  Testament. 

The  New  Testament  Department  offers  the  Greek  language  of  the  New- 
Testament;  History  of  New  Testament  Times;  Apostolic  History;  the  Exegesis 
of  the  Gospels  and  the  chief  Epistles:  Ethics  of  the  New  Testament,  Biblical 
Theology  of  the  New  Testament.  The  Department  of  Systematic  Theology 
presents  Theological  Encyclopedia;  Christian  Doctrine;  Theistic  and  Christian 
Belief;  History  of  Doctrine;  The  Self-l\e\  elation  of  God  and  a  Compend  of 
Theology  for  the  deaconess  students. 

The  Historical  Department  offers  Ancient,  Medieval  and  Modern  History: 
Old  Testament  History;  Ecclesiastical  History;  History  (if  the  United  Brethren 
Church:  the  History  of  Christianity  in  America. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PRACTICAL  THEOLOGY 

Presents  Rhetoric;  Theory  of  Preaching:  The  Modern  Pulpit;  The  Preacher 
and  His  Work;  History  of  Preaching;  The  Alodern  Pulpit;  The  Modern 
Church:  Pastoral  Theology  or  Poimenics;  Pul)lic  W'orsliip  and  Administration; 
IVactice  Preaching:  Hymnology. 

Department  of  Religious  Education — one  of  the  best  courses  in  any  insti- 
tution— includes  General  Psychology:  Genetic  Psychology;  Psychology  of  Child- 
hood; Principles  and  Methods  of  Religious  Education;  History  of  Religious 
Education;  Psychology  of  Religion;  Materials  of  Reli.gious  Education;  Sunday 
School  Organization,  Equipment  and  Administration;  Social  Psychology  and 
the  Philosophy  of  Religious  Education. 

Next  is  the  Department  of  English  Bible  with  ten  divisions  as  now  out- 
lined. Then  the  Department  of  Missions  treating  of  The  History  of  Religion; 
Comparative  Religion;  Modern  Missions:  Christian  Missions;  .American  Mission 
Fields;  United  Brethren  Missions.  Lastly  the  Department  of  Sociology, 
including  Elementary  Psychology;  Advanced  Sociology;  The  F.thical  Teachings 
of  the  New  Testament.  The  various  institutions,  industrial,  penal,  eleemosynary, 
civic,  etc..  are  visited  and  examined.  It  is  patent  that  a  student  will  have  all 
he  can  possii)ly  do  in  three  years,  no  matter  what  his  native  ability  or  his 
industry. 

METHOD 

Our  ^fethods  of  instructitin  we  endeavor  to  direct  along  scientific  lines:  for 
example,  in  the  Semitic  tongues  we  pursue  strictly  the  inductive  method.  We 
use  text  books  in  class,  but  also  employ  lectures,  te.sts,  quizzes,  and  require  many 
papers  on  assigned  subjects.  Tlie  library,  open  all  day,  is  constantly  accessible 
to  the  students  for  consultation  and  study.  Thus  the  student  is  not  conlined 
to  one  text-book  alone,  but  he  becomes  aci|uainted  with  a  range  of  literature  on 
the  subject  in  hand  and  is  supposed  to  acciuire  the  habit  of  and  facility  in 
investigation,  besides  discovering  the  unspeakable  value  of  constant  'writing, 
for  as  Lord  Bacon  i)ut  it,  while  "Rending  m;iketli  :i   full  man,   speaking  a  ready 

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mail,  writiiij;  luakotli  an  exact  man."  Indood,  I'or  tlio  must  jiarl.  tlu"  itracticf  is 
ratlier  the  study  of  sulijects  tlian  the  slavish  l'ollo\vin<i:  ol  a  text-hook.  Thus,  it 
will  1)6  seen,  that  present  day  courses  are  offered  and  present  day  methods  are 
employed.  lUit  no  faculty,  however  learned  or  capahle,  can  pour  cither  knowl- 
ed.ye  or  culture  into  a  man.  There  must  be  ])rolont^ed,  unswervin.tt,  downright 
iiard  work  on  tiie  part  of  a  student.  Tiicre  >onKlime>  are  indolent,  good-for- 
notiiin.i;  hanj^ers  on  in  every  school. 

THE  RELIGIOUS  SIDE  OF  THE  SEMINARY 

We  believe  in  education,  intellectual  culture,  learning,  and  earnesth'  seek  to 
foster  and  promote  these  elements.  But  wc  believe  first  and  most  of  all  in  piety, 
spirituality  and  consecration.  Culture  and  knowledge  are  each,  a  great  power, 
but  we  know  very  well  that  "it  is  not  by  might  nor  by  power,  but  by  my 
spirit."  So  knowled.ge,  learning,  intellectual  culture,  in  this  case,  are  not  to  be 
sought  so  much  as  ends  in  themselves,  as  means  to  higher  ends,  as  instruments 
polished  and  sharpened,  to  be  wielded  under  the  inspiration  and  I)y  the  help  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  who  is  the  mighty  Agent  in  all  successful  religious  activity. 
Ilence  we  keep  c6nstantlj'  emphasizing  the  neccssitj'  of  spiritual  culture,  of 
growth  in  grace,  of  prayer  and  fellowship  with  God.  We  often  hold  up  the 
idea  that  this  school  should  be  a  "school  of  prayer,"  that  is.  where  we  should 
learn  the  meaning,  the  spirit,  the  power,  the  iiabit  of  i)rayer,  wlure  the  revival 
fires  should  be  kept  brightlj'  burning. 

THE  FACULTY 

The  Seminar}-  began  with  a  faculty  of  two  professors  and  an  assistant 
teacher  in  the  person  of  the  pastor  of  the  Summit  street  church.  For  the  last 
several  years  the  teaching  force  has  consisted  of  six  regular  professors  and  one 
emeritus  professor:  one  in  the  Old  Testament,  one  in  the  New  Testament,  one 
in  Systematic  Theology,  one  in  History  and  English  Bible,  one  in  the  Homiletics 
Department  and  one  in  Religious  Education.  The  Professor  Emeritus  has  had 
charge  of  Seminary  Extension. 

In  regard  to  the  qualilications  of  these  instructors  I  manifestly  can  speak 
only  of  the  other  men.  They  are  men  of  piety  and  intellectual  ability,  who  have 
had  training  in  a  full  college  course,  in  theological  institutions,  and  about  all 
of  them  have  taken  additional  post  graduate  courses  in  universities  in  this 
country  and  in  universities  abroad,  .^s  to  their  methods  T  iiave  already 
spoken. 

THE  LIBRARY 

The  present  day  methods  of  education,  as  before  suggested,  require  the 
constant  use  of  the  library  for  purposes  of  investigation,  and  to  broaden  and 
liberalize  the  mind,  to  conduct  the  student  into  the  rich,  luxuriant  fields  of 
spiritual  and  intellectual  pastures.  Books  are  among  the  best  instruments  for 
intellectual  stimulus  and  growth.  Professor  W.  G.  T.  Shedd  used  to  say,  The  chief 
means  for  the  intellectual  culture  of  the  minister  is  'the  daily,  nightly  and 
everlasting  study  of  standard  authors."  Ilence  a  well  stocked  library  of 
standard  works  of  the  great  tliinkers  and  scholars  of  the  ])ast  and  the  present 


is  not  onlj-  a  great  desideratum  h)Ut  a  necessity.  This  Seminary  began  without 
any  librarj'  except  a  few  hundred  vohimcs  temporarily  lent  to  it  by  I  he 
generosity  of  Bishop  Glassbrenner  and  a  few  others.  The  library  is  yet  far 
smaller  than  it  should  l)e  for  the  age  of  the  institution,  numbering  not  more 
than  four  thousand  volumes,  yet  it  contains  a  consideral)le  numljer  of  the  l)est 
authors,  together  with  a  good  supply  of  cyclopaedias,  dictionaries  and  other 
works  of  reference.  Besides,  the  large  Pulilic  Library  of  Dayton,  of  whose 
Board  I  have  the  honor  to  he  the  president,  is  open  to  the  free  access  of  our 
students.  lint  one  of  our  s])ecial  needs  is  greatly  enlarged  and  c(tnstanth' 
enlarging  additions  to  our  shelves.  Then,  as  soon  as  possil)le  a  lil)rary 
l)uilding. 

SEMINARY  EXTENSION 

Upon  the  whole,  the  ministry  of  our  Church  has  taken  very  kindly  to  the 
courses  of  English  Bible  study  outlined  by  Dr.  G.  A.  Funkhouscr.  A  very 
great  numlier  of  strongly  commendatory  expressions  has  reached  the  ])irector 
of  this  work.  Many  who  have  undertaken  these  studies  have  gratefully 
acknowledged  that  they  have  derived  much  benefit.  The  Faculty  were  some- 
time ago  asked  by  the  Senior  Bishop  to  prepare  another  four  years'  course,  an 
outline  of  which  was  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seminary  at  its 
session  one  week  ago.  It  can  be  published  in  the  mid-summer  bulletin  and 
be  ready  for  use  by  the  fall  conferences.  While  adhering  to  the  idea  that  the 
study  of  the  Bible  should  be  given  the  larger  place,  the  scope  of  the  four  years' 
curriculum  has  been  broadened  and  some  other  modifications  have  been  or  will 
be  introduced. 

CHANGE  OF  PRESIDENCY 

One  year  ago  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  I  asked  to  he  relieved 
of  the  duties  of  the  presidency  of  the  institution,  but  the  Board  declined  to 
grant  my  request.  At  the  late  meeting  of  the  Board  I  renewed  the  rciiuest  and 
they  graciously  granted  it  and  elected  Bishop  A.  T.  H^oward,  D.D..  as  my 
successor,  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  respected  and  honored  men  in  our 
whole  denomination. 

A  MISSIONARY  CHAIR 

B_v  action  of  the  Women's  Missionary  Association  at  their  recent  annu.ii 
meeting,  action  was  taken  by  them  to  undertake  the  endowment  of  a  special 
chair  of  missions.  The  action  was  personally  i)resented  before  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Senn'nary.  Alay  7,  ancj  accepted  by  them. 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

It  is  greatly  to  be  hojied  that  the  (General  Conference  will  give  earnest  and 
adequate  attention  to  this  institution,  tlie  only  one  in  the  Cliurch  directly  under 
its  control  and  especially  established  ior  tlie  training  of  the  ministry.  1  am 
profoundly  convinced  that  no  other  department  or  institution  of  the  denomi- 
nation exceeds  this  in  importance,  to  put  it  mildly,  for  all  will  and  do  allow 
that  the  minister  is  the  pivotal  man:  that  no  ehnnh  rises  higher  as  a  whole  in 
morals  fyr  intelligence  or  spiritn;il  jjower  tiian  its  ministry.  Witlunit '  eapal>Ie 
leadership  an  army  is  almost  certain  to  fail,  to  meet  witli  defeat.     This  leader- 


ship  ffir  i|niti-  a  iuiin))Vr  of  >cars  past  lias  lar.i^cly  come  liciii  our  own  Sciiiinaiy. 
Witli  regard  to  the  ministry  of  our  I'liurch.  and  ol"  tlie  whole  eouiitry.  the 
recent  surveys  have  revealed  two  lamentable  delieicncies.  namely,  a  great 
inadequacy  of  nund)ers  and  inadequacy  of  preparation  or  <pialit'ication  for  the 
work.  The  insnlViciency  of  uundiers  to  supply  the  churches  of  the  land  has 
induced  many  institutions  to  open  the  doors  to  many  imperfectly  iiualilied  to 
inirsue  the  procrihed  courses,  or  else  to  i)ro\ide  interior  courses. 

'["he  most  consiiicuous  need  of  our  Seminary  is  money:  (a)  To  put  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Board  of  Education  larger  facilities  of  l)eneliciary  aid  to  needy 
and  worthy  students.  We  earnestly  recommend  that  the  (ieneral  L\)nferciice 
instruct  the  Uoard  of  l'"ducation  to  make  the  maximum  allowance  of  $300.00  a 
year  to  college  graduates  while  in  the  Seminary,  of  v.hich  not  more  than  $2C0.00 
shall  he  a  loan.  Tn  other  words  that  not  less  than  one-third  of  what  is  granted 
to  students,  college  graduates  and  others,  shall  he  recpiired  to  be  returned  to 
the  Hoard,  (h)  'J'o  endow  a  considerable  number  of  scholarships  to  aid  worthy 
and  capal)le  students,  and  as  a  stimulus  to  special  iirolicieuc\-.  We  have  a  fe\\ 
small  scholarships,  but  there  should  be  many  mure  and  a  number  should  be 
more  liberal,  (c)  To  make  possible  a  decided  enlargement  of  the  library,  which 
would  as  a  ])rudential  measure,  necessitate  the  construction  of  a  library  building. 

Respectfully    submitted, 

J.  P.  LAND  IS, 


First  Quadrennial  Report 

of  the 

Board  of  Administration 


To  the  General  Conference 

United  Brethren  in  Christ 
Convening  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  May  12,  1921 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  ADMINISTRATION. 

*G.  M.  Mathews,  Chairman 
J.  S.  Fulton,  Recording  Secretary 
S.  S.  Hough,  Executive  Secretary 

W.    M.    Bell - - Harrisburg,    Pa. 

H.    H.    Pout Indianapolis,    Ind. 

C.  J.  Kephart Kansas  City,  Mo. 

W.  H.  Washinger Portland,   Ore. 

A.  T.  Howard— Dayton,  Ohio. 

W.  M.  Weekley - Parkcrsburg,  W.  Va. 

N.  Castle - Philomath,  Ore. 

A.  R.  Clippinger Dayton,  Ohio. 

V.  W.  Overton Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

W.  F.  Gruver. Martinsburg,  W.  Va. 

C.  E.  Heisel - - Wichita,  Kan. 

J.   E,   Shannon _ Marion,    Ind. 

M.  R.   Ballinger Findlay,   Ohio. 

J.  T.  Foster - -Mason,  W.  Va. 

G.  E.  McDonald - — — -Portland,  Ore. 

R.  A.  Hitt - -Westerville,  Ohio. 

W.   N.   McFaul Baltimore,   Md. 

F.  P.  Geib Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

J.  M.  Cogan— - Canton,  Ohio. 

H.  M.  Whitcraft *- Logan,  Ohio. 

R.  H.  Bennett — -, Eldorado,  Kan. 

J.  H.  Ruebush— - - Dayton,  Va. 

Mark  Keppel '- — ' Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

I.  T.  Good Indianapolis,  Ind. 

J.  R.  Engle - — - -- Palmyra,  Pa. 

•Passed  to  reward  April  3,  1921. 


Quadrennial  Report  of  Board  of  Administration 
to  the  General  Conference 

Indianapolis,  Indiana,  May  12,  1921 


To  the  Bishops  and  Delegates  of  the  General  Conference. 

Monored   Coworkers: 

As  we  look  back  through  the  tests,  sufferings  and  opportunities  of  recent 
years  we  cannot  but  praise  God  for  the  faith  and  far-sighted  work  of  the  dele- 
gates to  the  General  Conference  four  years  ago.  The  United  States  then  had 
just  entered  the  war,  and  while  our  Conference  was  in  session  at  Wichita,  the 
President  of  our  country  signed  the  Select  Service  Bill  calling  ten  million  of 
our  young  men  to  register  for  the  conflict.  It  was  a  time  that  tested  the  faith 
and  spirit  of  Christian  leaders. 

Our  delegates,  in  that  uncertain  hour,  knowing  well  the  great  sacrifices 
which  the  winning  of  the  Avar  would  require,  evinced  their  loyalty  to  God  and 
his  righteous  cause,  and  their  faith  in  the  members  of  the  United  Brethren 
Church  by  summoning  them  to  more  than  double  their  giving  and  service  for 
the  cause  of  Christ. 

"Recognizing  tlie  ahvndant  resources  of  God  and  the  needs  of  the 
uorld  in  this  decis-ive  hour,''  these  delegates  declared,  ''ive  propose  a  > 
four  year  program,  to  meet  the  challenging  opportiinitie-^  before  our 
denomination  at  home  and  abroad,  as  we  pass  the  one-hundredth  anni- 
versary of  our  first  General  Conference,  and  begin  a  neto  century  of 
organized  church  life." 

The  program  adopted  summoned  the  whole  denomination  to  a  new  dedi- 
cation of  life  and  property  to  Jesus  Christ,  our  great  Commander-in-Chief.  It 
summoned  all  our  members  to  personal,  continuous  soul  winning  as  a  life  long 
duty  and  privilege.  It  called  for  the  enrichment  and  strengthening  of  our 
colleges  and  Seminary  as  training  agencies  for  Christian  leaders.  It  sounded 
forth  the  call  for  five  hundred  additional  trained  ministers,  missionaries,  and 
educational  leaders.  It  made  provision  for  a  plan  and  fund  for  our  disabled 
and  retired  ministers,  their  widows  and  children.  It  recommended  adequate 
equipment  for  Church  Erection  and  Home  Alissionary  work  and  for  our  Foreign 
Missionary  enterprise.  It  declared  the  Church  should  provide,  within  four 
years,  two  million  dollars  for  the  endowment  and  equipment  of  our  institutions 
of  learning.  It  called  for  such  an  increase  in  funds  for  all  departments  of  the 
Church  as  would  meet  the  enlarged  demands  upon  them.  It  fixed  as  the  annual 
minimum  amount  of  cash  needed  for  all  our  benevolence  causes,  according  to  the 
standard  of  prices  then  prevailing,  $750,000  for  the  first  year;  $800,000  for  the 
second;  $900,000  for  the  third,  and  $1,000,000  for  the  last  year  of  this  quad'- 
rennium. 

The  last  General  Conference  not  only  placed  before  the  denomination  these 
(lofinite  objectives,  but  it  created  the  Board  of  Administration  to  coordinate  the 
work  of  the  Church  with  a  view  to  better  efiiciency,  and  to  "Direct  general 
campaigns  during  the  quadrennium,  to  attain  such  church  goals  as  have  been 
determined  by  the  General  Conference."  The  Conference  voted  that,  "The 
existing  agencies,  including  the  church  departments,  shall  cooperate  with  the 
Board  in  enlisting  the  whole  Church  in  the  whole  program." 

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FIRST  STEPS  IN  WORK  OF  QUADRENNIUM. 

The  delegates  of  the  General  Conference  returned  to  their  homes  and 
churches  with  a  new  vision  and  a  larger  purpose.  The  Board  of  Administra- 
tion organized  by  electing  Bishop  G.  M.  Mathews,  chairman;  J.  S.  Fulton, 
recording  secretary;  J.  S.  Kendall  having  been  elected  executive  secretary  by 
the  General  Conference.  The  Board  set  to  work  in  earnest  to  help  reach  the 
goals  fixed  by  the  General  Conference.  Every  society  and  institution  of  the 
Church  was  conscious  of  having  responsibility  in  a  program  for  greater 
achievements,  and  each  began  to  work  for  the  realization  of  its  share  of  the 
advance. 

The  leaders  had  to  face  two  problems:  First,  that  of  providing  a  larger 
income  for  their  current  work  to  meet  war  prices;  and  second,  to  secure  the 
necessary  money  for  the  endowment  and  equipment  authorized  by  the  General 
Conference. 

The  cost  of  materials,  labor,  and  almost  everything  else  began  to  rise 
higher  and  higher,  and  the  rate  of  exchange  abroad  added  to  the  burdens  of 
the  foreign  work.  It  became  clearly  evident  that  a  real  crisis  was  upon  the 
Church. 

SIX  SPECIAL  OFFERINGS  A  YEAR  BESIDES  SPECIAL  CAMPAIGNS. 

The  General  Conference  had  authorized  cacli  srjcict}'  to  lift  a  special  offering 
in  local  churches  for  its  current  work,  in  addition  to  the  Inidget.  Because  of 
the  great  pressure  for  larger  funds  the  societies  put  unusual  emphasis 
on  their  six  special  offerings,  at  different  times  of  the  year.  While  all  this  was 
going  on  the  benevolence  budget  remained  practically  stationary  and  wholly 
inadequate  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  annual  conferences,  general  societies,  and. 
institutions. 

For  the  endowment  and  eciuipmeut  authorized  by  the  General  Conference, 
Otterl^ein,  I^ebanon  Vallej',  and  Indiana  Central  Colleges  early  made  the  canvass 
in  the  order  named.  The  results  of  these  campaigns  were  most  inspiring.  The 
Seminary  and  Church  Erection,  with  trained  field  workers,  began  to  make 
separate  canvasses  of  the  whole  denomination,  for  what  the  General  Conference 
authorized  them  to  get,  each  taking  a  conference  at  a  time.  The  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  was  getting  ready  to  come  out  for  its  authorized  buildings 
and  equipments.  Then,  too,  the  General  Conference  had  instructed  the  Board 
of  Administration  to  conduct  a  strong  campaign  for  funds  for  disabled  and 
retired  ministers.     The  situation  became  acute  and  confusing. 

"I  often  sat  at  my  desk,  heartsick,  and   not  infrequently  disgusted," 

wrote  a  pastor  who  passed  through  the  ordeal,  "wjien  I  threw  into  the 

waste    basket    letters    from    the    various    departments    of    the    Church. 

Nobody    but    the    pastor    knew    what    a    tool    he    had    become.     Every 

Sunday  the  people  wondered  what  would  Ite  next." 

With  frequent  educational  campaigns,  culminating  in  special  offerings  for 
the  current  work  in  addition  to  the  budget,  and  with  the  many  separate  can- 
vasses for  endowment  and  equipment  over  the  same  territory,  there  was  little 
opportunity  for  pastors  and  churches  to  plan  for  an  orderly  advance  in  si)iritual 
life,  ev^angelism,  and  other  necessary  work. 

BIRTH  OF  THE  UNITED  ENLISTMENT  MOVEMENT. 

The  Board  of  Adininistration  held  an  imijortant  meeting  October  22-24, 
1918,  at  which  time,  J.  S-.  Kendall,  its  •  executive  secretary,  who  has 
done  more  than  any  other  man  in  the  denomination  in  recent  years  to  lay  deep 
foimdations  for  stewardship  and  other  jdiases  of  work,  resigned,  desiring  to 
reenttr  the   pastorate. 

The  Board,  and  heads  of  departments,  took  a  survey  of  the  condition  (if  the 
world  and  of  the  Church  itself.  The  world  was  in  dire  need.  The  various 
departments  of  the  Church  faced  critical  situations.  The  call  for  new  recruits, 
for  enlarged  funds  for  current  work,  and  for  buildings  and  equipment,  became 
distressingly  urgent. 

The  Board  voted  "To  inaugurate  a  united  movement  to  fiUly  realize 

the  goals  fixed  for  tliis  quadrennium,  and,  to  vieet  the  demands  upon  our 

Chureh  during  the  next  tiro  years  herausc  of  tear  eonditionfi." 

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ORGANIZING  FOR  UNITED  ACTION. 

The  Board  of  Administration  elected  a  Commission  to  mobilize  the  activities 
of  the  Church.  This  Commission  consisted  of  the  executive  heads  of  depart- 
ments, editors-in-cliief  of  literature,  and  l"lxecutive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Administration,  namelv,  Bishops  G.  M.  Mathews,  C.  J.  Kephart,  A.  T.  Howard, 
and  \V.  R.  Funk.  P.  M.  Camp,  A.  C.  Siddall,  Wm.  E.  Schell,  C.  W.  Brewbaker, 
A.  R.  Clippinj>er,  J.  K.  Font.  J.  S.  Fulton,  1.  J.  Good,  J.  M.  Phillippi,  W.  O. 
Fries,  li.  F.  Shupe,  O.  T.   Deever.  J.  M.   Cogan,  and   L.  O.  Miller. 

The  Board  of  Administration  elected  S.  S.  Hough,  the  writer,  executive 
secretary,  and  director  of  the  movement.  That  I  might  give  myself  fully  to  this 
task,  the  Board  of  I'"oreign  Missions  accepted  my  resignation  as  its  secretary, 
and   Bishop  A.  T.    lloward  was  elected  acting  secretary  of  the   Foreign   Board. 

The  Commission  organized  liy  electing  P.  M.  Camp,  chairman  and  O.  T. 
Deever,  secretary.  It  appointed  a  Campaign  Committee  consisting  of  A.  C. 
Siddall,  H.  F'.  Shupe,  A.  R.  Clippinger,  J.  B.  Showers,  H.  E.  Myers,  and  S.  S. 
Hough,  secretary. 

Then  began  a  period  of  earnest  prayer  and  intense  thinking  and  planning. 
Sub-committees  were  organized  as  follows:  On  Spiritual  Life  and  Intercession, 
C.  W.  Brewbaker,  chairman;  on  Stewardship  of  Life  and  Property,  O.  T.  Deever, 
chairman:  on  Field  Work  and  Surveys,  A.  C.  Siddall,  chairman;  and  on  Pub- 
licity and  Literature,  H.  F.  Shupe,  chairman. 

The  Bishops  at  that  time,  gave  the  following  statement  to  the  Church: 
"It  is  the  solemn  conviction  of  your  general  superintendents  that  the 

success  of  the  United  Enlistment  Movement  will  open  new  visions  of 

our  mission  as  a  denomination,  and  make  us  willing  to  fullil  them.     All 

our  powers  must  l)e  hitched  to  this  program.     Full  length  cooperation 

is  the  call  of  the  hour." 

STEWARDSHIP  FOURSQUARE,  SUPREME  NEED. 

As  the  situation  was  studied  it  became  more  and  more  clear  that  the  real 
problem  was  not  that  of  raising  money,  but  rather  that  of  raising  men.  There 
is  a  perfect  equilibrium  l)etween  man's  ability  to  give  and  the  necessity  for  the 
gifts.  The  proI)lem  is  how  to  get  men  to  live  so  as  to  give  according  to  their 
ability  as  Christian  stewards. 

It  was  recognized  that  larger  sources  of  spiritual  life  and  power  must  be 
discovered  by  both  ministers  and  lajmen:  that  emphasis  must  l)e  put  on  Bible 
study  and  prayer,  and  life  in  partnership  with  God;  also  on  setting  forth  such 
op])ortunities  for  giving  and  service  as  will  inspire  to  maximum  growth  and 
fruitage.  It  was  felt  that  our  people  must  be  called  to  "pray  not  for  easy  lives; 
not  for  tasks  equal  to  our  powers,  but  for  powers  equal  to  our  tasks." 

Each  department  and  agencj^  of  our  Church  had  l)een  working  too  exclu- 
sively to  simplj'  get  from  the  Church  the  largest  percentage  of  money  available, 
without  doing  much  to  develop  a  larger  consecration  of  life  and  property. 

The  whole  situation  was  not  unlike  that  of  a  dozen  different  men  seeking 
apples  from  an  orchard,  each  striving  for  the  largest  possil)le  share  of  the 
fruit,  picking  largely  from  the  same  tree.  Then  it  dawned  upon  them  that  by 
oombining  their  intelligence  and  redirecting  their  energies  they  could  greatly 
enlarge  the  numl)er  uf  fruitbearing  trees  and  so  cultivate  them  that  the  trees 
would  be  renewed,  and  their  fruitage  greatly  increased,  and  all  needs  be  met. 

As  a  Church,  two  and  a  half  years  ago  our  forces  were  thus  combined  to 
produce  a  much  higher  and  more  comprehensive  standard  of  stewardship — 
stewardship  (1)  of  intercession,  (2)  of  life,  (3)  of  property,  and  (4)  of  the 
gospel — a  stewardship  foursquare. 

I.     The  Steward  of  Intercession. 

The  lirst  call  was  made  to  enroll  intercessors.  It  was  felt  ""it  Satan  cannot 
beat  us  in  prayer  he  cannot  beat  us  anywhere."  Our  mem])ers  were  asked  to 
pray  earnestly  for  our  pastors  and  the  leaders  in  the  individual  churches  that 
they  might  discover  the  larger  resources  in  God  available  for  them.  They 
were  asked   to   pray   for  conference   superintendents,   presidents   of  our   institu- 


tions.  Bishops  and  other  general  officers,  that  God  might  direct  them  in  fixing 
objectives,  in  making  plans,  in  getting  out  literature,  and  in  organizing  and 
setting  our  forces  into  action. 

There  was  a  ready  response.  Forty  thousand  early  enrolled  to  pray  for 
definite  objects  set  before  them  from  time  to  time.  It  is  our  belief  that  the 
secret  of  the  victories  which  have  come  to  many  churches  can  be  traced  to 
united  earnest  praying.  The  conviction  is  growing  that  the  greatest  thing 
Christian  leaders  can  do  is  to  enlist  others  to  pray.  The  ultimate  aim  for 
churches  is  not  large  attendance,  not  even  large  numbers  admitted  on  confession 
of  faith,  but  rather  the  development  of  the  largest  possible  number  of  inter- 
cessors who  know  the  secret  of  prevailing  prayer  and  are  willing  to  do  personal 
work.  The  larger,  richer  life  and  achievements  for  our  denomination  await  the 
further  development  of  our  members  in  vital  praying. 

2.  Stewardship  of  Life. 

Thousands  of  young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry  and  missionarj'^  work 
in  the  various  colleges  of  England,  Canada,  and  United  States,  went  to  the 
front  and  laid  down  their  lives  in  the  war.  The  Christian  church  has  been 
brought  face  to  face  with  the  problem  of  a  shortage  in  Christian  leaders. 

Two  years  ago  there  was  sounded  forth  an  earnest  call  for  life  work 
recruits.  At  the  end  of  three  months,  four  hundred  had  responded,  "Here  am 
I.,  send  me."  At  the  end  of  six  months  eight  hundred  had  enrolled,  and  now 
there  are  fifteen  hundred  of  the  ablest  young  men  and  women  of  the  denomi- 
nation under  orders  from  God  for  service  in  America  and  abroad.  Many  of 
these  are  in  our  colleges  and  Seminary  in  preparation  for  their  life  work. 

3.  Stewardship  of  Property. 

An  earnest  effort  was  made  to  get  our  pastors  and  people  to  recognize  the 
privilege  and  duty  of  becoming  partners  with  God  in  making  and  spending 
money.     Five  principles  have  been  emphasized: 

(1)  God  is  the  owner  of  all. 

(2)  Man  is  a  steward  and  must  give  an  account  of  all. 

(3)  God's  ownership  and  man's  stewardship  ought  to  be  acknowledged. 

(4)  This   acknowledgment   requires,   as   part   of   its   expression,   the   setting 
apart  of  at  least  a  tithe  of  one's  income. 

(5)  The  separated  portion  should  be  administered  for  the  cause  of  Christ 
and  the  remainder  recognized  as  no  less  a  trust. 

These  principles  were  given  special  emphasis  at  the  annual  conference 
sessions  in  1919  when  eighty  percent  of  the  ministers  and  laymen  registered  as 
tithing  stewards.  This  high  standard  of  our  ministers  on  stewardship  is  con- 
sidered by  other  denominations  as  remarkable. 

A  campaign  of  information  and  enlistment  for  the  whole  Church  followed. 
District  conferences  were  held.  Messages  on  stewardship  were  given  in 
sermons  and  addresses  from  the  pulpits.  The  principles  were  taught  in  the 
Sunday  schools  and  young  people's  societies.  One  hundred  and  thirty  thousand 
copies  of  the  l)ooklet  "The  Test  of  Stewardship"  were  placed  in  our  homes  for 
study.  Pastors  of  one-half  of  our  churches  reported  14,000  tithing  stewards. 
The  campaign  has  since  been  carried  forward  at  different  periods  when  the  book 
"The  New  Christian,"  and  the  leaflet  "Jesus  Money  Gospel,"  and  thousands  of 
copies  of  leaflets  by  a  "Layman"  in  Chicago,  have  been  widely  circulated.  It 
should  be  said,  however,  that  we,  as  S  denomination,  have  not  yet  given  our 
people  a  fair  opportunity  to  become  thorouglily  informed  on  Christian  steward- 
ship. We  believe  the  surest  way  for  our  Church  to  enter  into  a  new  era  of  life 
and  power  will  be  by  getting  our  whole  constituency  to  understand  and  enter 
heartily  into  the  practice  of  the  stewardship  of  property. 

4.  The  Stewardship  of  the  Gospel. 

A  startling  truth  is  this:  Redeemed  man  lias  I)een  made  responsible  for 
giving  the  gospel  to  every  creature!  "We  were  allowed  of  God  to  be  put  in 
trust  with  the  gospel."  That  was  the  thouf.iht  that  tired  the  heart  of  Paul,  who 
exclaimed,  "I  am  ready," — ready  to  preach,  ready  to  suffer,  ready  to  die,  for 
Christ  and  souls.  Jesus  gave  His  life  to  bring  salvation:  we  must  give  ours 
to  i)nblish  it.  We  are  his  ambassadors,  his  "stewards  of  the  manifold  grpce  of 
God."  The  stewardship  of  the  gospel  is  back  of  and  gives  motive  to  the  other 
phases  of  stewardship. 

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Our  United  Enlistment  Movement  has  been  cooperating  witii  the  Com- 
mission on  Evangelism  and  with  the  missionary  societies  with  a  view  to  getting 
the  whole  memhershii)  to  win  souls  to  Christ  and  to  publish  the  good  news  to 
all  mankind.  Emphasis  has  been  placed  on  personal  soul  winning  as  a  life 
work.  Manj'  have  formed  the  purpose  to  seek  to  lead  at  least  one  soul  to 
Christ  every  year  of  their  lives.  In  examining  our  reports  for  the  past  three 
years  we  tind  the  humiliating  fact  that  aliout  one-third  of  our  individual  churches 
report  annually  no  accessions  on  confession  df  faitii.  We  l)elieve  the  record 
this  year  will  he  better  for  the  evangelistic  and  missionary  tides  are  rising  in 
all  parts  of  our  Zion.  But  we  are  witnessing  only  the  first  fruits  of  the  greater 
harvest  tiiat  awaits  a  complete  consecration  of  our  people  to  God  as  stewards 
of   11  is  blessed  gospel. 

SURVEY  OF  AGENCIES,  INSTITUTIONS,  AND  TASKS. 

It  was  early  decided  that  careful  surveys  should  lie  made  of  agencies, 
institutions,  and  fields  in  order  that  we  may  know  exactly  what  is  being  done, 
actual  conditions,  weak  places,  and  needs;  and  gather  necessary  facts  to  form 
the  basis  for  a  constructive  program  of  advance.  Surveys  were  made  of  our 
Home  Missionarj'  and  Church  Erection  fields  and  of  our  live  foreign  fields,  also 
of  our  colleges  and  Seminary  and  of  some  of  our  Homes.  A  Sunday-school 
and  evangelistic  survey  was  made,  also  an  educational  and  ministerial  survey 
which  brought  the  names  and  addresses  of  6552  capable  young  men  and  women 
who  ought  to  seek  a  higher  education.  The  names  of  these  were  placed  in  the 
hands  of  the  presidents  of  our  institutions  of  learning  and  they  are  being 
cultivated  with  a  view  to  entering  our  schools. 

These  surveys,  as  a  rule,  covered  a  period  of  five  years.  They  have  yielded 
fruit  already  in  helping  to  standardize  the  work  of  departments  and  institutions. 
The  Church  now  knows  more  defmitely  than  ever  before  its  specific  tasks.  The 
facts  which  will  be  presented  to  this  General  Conference  are,  in  the  main,  the 
result  of  these  surveys. 

MEETING  CURRENT  NEEDS  OF  1919. 

The  first  step  taken  to  meet  the  current  financial  needs  of  the  Boards  was 
that  of  putting  emphasis  on  a  full  benevolence  budget  while  combining  to  lift 
but  one  self-denial  offering  in  November,  instead  of  having  six  special  offerings 
in  addition  to  the  budget.  The  number  of  annual  conferences  re])orting  a  full 
budget  or  more,  increased  from  six  to  fourteen  and  the  self-denial  offering  was 
the  largest  cash  contribution  ever  taken  in  the  Church. 

FORMING  THE  FOUR  MILLION  BUDGET. 

Two  special  committees  considered,  through  many  sessions,  the  askings 
of  the  various  departments  and  agencies.  The  needs  presented  were  staggering, 
and  it  was  a  most  difticult  task  to  form  a  budget. 

The  United  Enlistment  Movement  did  not  create  these  needs  or  task, 
neither  did  the  boards  and  institutions  of  the  Church  create  them.  They  grew 
out  of  the  conditions  of  the  world,  the  situation  of  the  Church  and  the  com- 
mand of  Jesus  Christ. 

The  surveys  having  been  made  for  a  period  of  five  years,  many  thought 
that  the  budget  should  be  built  to  cover  a  like  period,  but  after  considering  the 
fact  that  the  General  Conference  would  convene  in  1921  it  was  unanimously 
agreed  that  the  budget  should  be  for  two  years  only,  and  $4,000,000  was  fixed  as 
the  minimum  amount  to  meet  the  needs. 

INFORMING  AND  ENLISTING  THE  WHOLE  CHURCH. 

In  order  to  reach  every  member  with  the  facts  and  enlist  all  to  give 
adequately,  the  denomination  was  well  organized.  The  United  Enlistment 
Movement  extended  its  organization  by  adding  three  committees;  namely,  a 
committee  on  Preliminary  Gifts,  Wm.  E.  Schell,  chairman;  a  committee  on 
Quotas  and  Statistics,  W.  A.  Weber,  chairman;  and  a  Speakers'  Bureau,  J.  B. 
Showers,  chairman. 

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Each  Bishop  was  made  director  of  his  area,  and  each  conference  superin- 
tendent diector  of  his  conference.  The  district  leader  was  made  responsible  for 
his  district,  and  the  pastor  the  director  of  his  local  church.  With  each  was 
associated  an  able  la3man  as  coworker.  The  local  church  was  organized 
into  family  groups  with  captains.  Mr.  }i.  C.  Cridland  was  early  employed  as 
office  manager  for  eleven  months,  and  Mr.  Olof  Gates  was  associated  with  the 
general  director  as  advisory  director,  for  three  months. 

The  illustrated  booklet  "Let's  Do  It,"  which  gave  the  challenging  needs  of 
every  department  of  the  Church,  was  placed  in  our  homes.  Many  denomi- 
national and  interdenominational  conferences  and  local  meetings  were  held 
to  explain  the  needs  and  to  train  the  workers  for  the  every-member-canvass, 
which  took  place  April  25  to  May  2,  1920,  when  in  ten  days  our  denomination 
pledged  an  advance  of  250%  for  the  extension  of  the  cause  of  Christ.  Con- 
sidering the  facts  that  this  vast  work  had  to  be  done  in  haste  and  in  face  of  the 
reactions  which  followed  the  war  the  results  secured  were  wonderful. 

A  GREAT  COUNCIL  HELD. 

The  conference  superintendents  were  invited  to  meet  with  the  Board  of 
Administration  and  other  general  officers,  May  12-14,  1920,  to  make  complete 
reports  of  the  campaign,  and  to  take  steps  for  the  completion  of  the  work. 
Every  active  Bishop  and  all  the  conference  superintendents  save  one,  were 
present.  It  was  a  most  significant  meeting.  It  gave  to  each  worker  a  view  of 
the  difficulties,  methods,  and  victories  of  all  the  others.  Reports  from  Bishops 
and  conference  superintendents  which  set  forth  the  heroic  work  of  our  pastors 
and  individual  churches  were  thrillingly  interesting.  Five  hundred  and  thirty- 
three  charges  had  at  that  time  reached,  or  gone  beyond,  their  quotas;  397 
charges,  representing  proIial)ly  a  thousand  local  churches,  had  over-subscribed 
their  quotas  to  the  extent  of  $16f),555.  Many  illustrations  were  given  of  self- 
sacrificing  service  and  heroic  giving.     It  was  a  never-to-be-forgotten  meeting. 

PLANNING  TO  REACH  THE  FOUR  MILLION  IN  CASH. 

This  council  voted  that  the  four  million  dollars  represents  the  minimum 
needs  of  the  departments  for  the  two  years.  It  voted  to  go  forward  with  the 
work  in  every  conference  until  the  full  quota  is  reached. 

(1)  By  having  a  careful  canvass  made  where  the  same  had  not  been 
conducted. 

(2)  By  enlisting  the  Sunday  schools. 

(3)  By  cultivating  men  and  women  of  means  with  a  view  to  tlieir  giving 
to  special  objects. 

(4)  By  getting  every  new  member  received  into  the  Church,  to  l^ecome 
acquainted  with  the  great  work  undertaken  and  to  share  in  the  same 
immediately  by  making  an  adequate  pledge  on  the  Four  Million  Fund. 

The  importance  of  getting  every  new  member  to  practice  immediately  the 
principles  of  stewardship,  and  to  share  in  the  work  of  extending  the  cause  of 
Christ  before  they  settle  down  to  lives  of  indifference,  of  covetousness,  or  self- 
indulgence  was  strongly  emphasized.  A  leaflet  "The  New  Church  Member" 
gives  the   facts  intended   for  each   new  convert. 

To  aid  in  collecting  in  full  the  pledges  o'n  the  Four  Million  Fund  the 
Council  voted  that  each  church  should  introduce  a  weekly  duplex  envelope, 
or  a  special  envelope;  that  each  should  elect  a  financial  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  this  fund;  and  the  treasurer  should  report  on  the  twentieth  of  each  mouth 
the  amount  received,  to  the  conference  treasurer;  and  the  conference  treasurer 
should  report,  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  each  month,  to  the  general  treasurer  at 
Dayton,  Ohio.  Quarterly  statements  of  receipts  should  be  given  to  the  members 
of  each  church  and  to  the  charges  of  each  conference.  Excellent  progress  has 
been  made  in  the  development  of  this  system  of  reporting. 

On  September  1,  1920,  the  total  pledges  reported  aggregated  $2,8(^,00(J'. 
The  sessions  of  the  annual  conferences  tlien  lieing  held  were  seasons  of  unusual 
fellowship  and  power.  Reports  from  every  Bishop's  district  were  similar  to 
that  given  by  our  sainted  Bishop  Mathews,  who  said: 

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"The  unity  and  fellowship  that  characterized  all  the  conference 
sessions  were  due  to  the  faith,  heroism  and  jajenerosity  called  forth  by 
the  goals,  program,  and  cooperative  effort  of  the  United  Enlistment 
Movement,  whose  challenging  aims  stirred  the  best  thought  and  life 
of  the  Church." 
Every  conference  assumed  its  share  of  the  Four  Million  I'^und  and  allocated 

the  same  to  its  charges,  which   will  constitute  the   benevolence  goals   for   each 

charge  for  the  two  years. 

DISTRIBUTION  OF  THE  FOUR  MILLION  FUND. 

The  l)udget  for  the  Ft)ur  Alillion  Fund  had  to  be  built  in  the  midst  c)f  the 
quadrennium  to  meet  conditions  then  prevailing.  The  annual  conferences,  and 
the  general  societies  which  shared  previously  in  the  general  benevolence  budget, 
were  given  preferred  claims  for  their  current  w-ork.  The  annual  conferences 
were  granted  $25,537  per  month,  and  the  general  causes  $22,688.50  per  month 
which  was  distributed  according  to  percentage  in  operation  before  the  United 
Enlistment  Movement  w'as  organized. 

For  administrative  purposes  the  Board  voted  $7,379.66  each  month  as  a 
preferred  claim  to  meet  the  Bishops'  salaries,  expenses  of  offices  of  the  Church 
treasurer  and  Board  of  Administration,  and  for  the  promotional  work  of  the 
United  Enlistment  Movement,  and  General  Conference  expenses. 

All  the  other  interests  of  the  l)udget  were  constituted  a  non-preferred 
claim  to  share  pro  rata  in  the  receipts  after  the  preferred  claims  are  met. 

Gifts  for  the  support  of  special  objects  such  as  buildings,  missionaries  and 
scholarships  are  being  received  and  applied  on  the  purposes  for  which  the  gifts 
are  designated. 

A  full  statement  of  the  method  of  distributing  the  Four  Alillion  Fund  is 
available  for  the  delegates  of  the  General  Conference. 

THE  ENLARGED  WORK  BEGINS. 

Tile  colleges  which  made  their  canvass  early  felt  the  tirst  up-lift  of  the 
forward  movement.  Salaries  were  rightfully  increased;  in  some  cases  debts 
were  paid  and  eeiuipment  made,  and  everywhere  the  endowment  was  greatly 
increased. 

The  enlarged  work  of  the  annual  conferences  went  into  operation  as  soon 
as  paj'ments  began  to  be  made  on  the  Four  Million  Fund.  Salaries  have  been 
increased  and  needs  promptly  met.  The  general  causes  have  received,  month 
by  month,  the  amount  allotted  for  their  enlarged  current  work.  As  yet  no 
large  sums  have  been  received  for  the  equipment  and  endowment  part  of  the 
budget.  These  will  be  increased  during  the  months  of  September  and  October 
when  full  payments  for  the  year  are  expected.  The  sums  so  much  needed  for 
equipment  and  endowment  in  the  Four  Million  Fund  cannot  be  met  unless  the 
full  Four  Million  is  secured  in  cash. 

CASH  RECEIPTS  AND  COMPARATIVE  STATEMENT. 

About  three-fourths  of  the  annual  conferences  began  payment  on  the  Four 
Million  Fund  with  June,  1920,  and  the  remainder  in  Septeml)er,  (Jctol)er  or 
November. 

The  total  receipts  up  to  March  20,  when  the  treasurers  of  local  churches 
transmitted  their  last  remittances  before  the  close  of  the  books  for  the  quad- 
rennium, aggregated  $708,310.93.  Of  this  amount  $217,928.43  have  been  applied 
to  the  conference  claims,  and  $490,382.50  to  general  causes  of  the  united  work  as 
set  forth  in  the  Four  Million  Budget. 

Tlie  average  amount  received  during  the  past  four  3'ears  on  the  former 
benevolence  plan  for  the  five  months  ending  March  20,  was  about  $103,579  or 
597(  of  the  amount  due  for  that  period. 

The  receipts  on  the  Four  Million  Fund  for  the  five  months  ending  March 
20,  1921,  aggregated  $353,031,  or  61%  of  the  amount  due  on  the  pledges  for  the 
months  named.  In  other  words,  tlie  churches  c()ntril)uted  a  larger  percentage 
on  the  Four  Million  Fund  than  on  the  former  benevolence  plan  during  the  first 
five  months  of  the  conference  year. 

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TOTAL   GIVING   TO    ALL    BENEVOLENCES. 

Following  are  the  goals  fixed  by  the  General  Conference  for  the  i)ast  fonr 
years,  and  also  the  amount  our  Churches  gave  each  year  to  all  benevolences 
beyond  the  Iiounds  of  the  local  churches: 

1917       1918      1919      1920 

The  Goals $750,000     $    800,000     $    900,000     $1,000,000 

Cash  Contributed   763,294       1,133,564       1,205,165       1,494,200 

Gifts  to  Colleges  and  specials  were  the  chief  factors  in  the  large  increase 
for  1918.  while  for  1919  the  payments  on  College  pledges  and  the  united  Self- 
denial  offering  accounts  for  the  growth.  In  1920  the  first  receipts  on  the  Four 
Million  Fund  come  in  to  help  swell  the  amount. 

Growth  in  benevolences   during  three   quadreimiums: 

(iifts  to  all     Gain  every 
Benevolences  Four  Years 

1912 $    430,577     $  86,731^M 

1916 672,226       241,649  hhhimmi 

1920 1,494,200       821,974  ^^^^hhh^^^^^^hiii^hii^^hb 


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1916 

1920 

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$1.96 
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THERE  IS  THAT  SCATTERETH  AND  YET  INCREASETH. 

The  members  of  many  churches  feared  that  their  local  needs  and  pastor's 
salary  would  suffer  when  they  were  asked  to  put  great  emphasis  on  securing  the 
Four  Million  Fund  for  the  extension  of  the  cause  of  Christ  beyond  the  bounds 
of  their  local  churches.  It  is  interesting  therefore  to  note  the  effect  on  their 
work  locally. 

INCREASE  IN  PASTORS'  SALARIES. 

The  following  shows  the  amount  contributed  to  pastors'  salaries  for  each 
of  the  past  four  years,  with  the  rate  of  increase: 

Amount  Increase  over 

Contributed  Previous  Year 

1917 $1,356,749  $  66,612 

1918 1,457,848  101,099 

1919 1,607,806  149,958 

1920 1,918,481  310,675 


The   contributions   for,   and   gains   on   pastors"   salaries   at   the   close   of   tiie 
three  past  (|uadrenniums  were: 


Amount  Gain  every 

Contributed  l"'our  Years 


1912 $1,140,129         $210,969 

1916 1,290,137  150,008 

1920 1,918,481  628,344  ^ii"i^^"^^^"ii"i"i^^^"i""^" 

It  will  l)e  noticed  that  there  was  a  rcniarkal)le  gain  in  pastors'  salaries 
during  the  year  1920;  namely,  $310,675,  or  nearly  as  much  as  the  increase  in 
pastoral  support  for  the  eight  years  from  19(J8  to  1916. 

AVERAGE  SALARY  FOR  PASTORS  INCLUDING  PARSONAGE  RENT 

AND  PRESENTS 

For  the  year   1912 $    760  ' 

For  the  year  1916 860 

For  the  year  1920 1,255 

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INCREASE  IN  CHURCH  PROPERTY. 

Tlicrc  lias  hecii  a  .uood  j^rtjutli  in  tlu'  valiu-  of  cliurcli  ami  parsonage 
property  during  the  past  four  years. 

\'ahie  of  Iiitroasc  over 

l*ri)[n'rt\-  I'nvidus  Year 

19.17 $16,253,223  $  738,757  ^hmi^^b^h^ 

1918 16,998,396  745,172  ^^^^^^hi^ 

1919 18,189,955  1,191,559  HiHHH^HiHiiMHi^^ 

1920 19,707,412  1,517,457  ^^^^mmam^^^i^^mma^^^m 

Growth  in  ehurcli  and  parsonaye  propert}-  during   three  (luadrenniunis: 
\'alue  of  Gain  every 

Property  Four  Years 

1912 $12,758,087         $2,521,940  ^^^mmmmi^^m 

1916 15,514,466  2,756,379  mb^^^b^^m^ 

1920 19,707,412  4,192,946  ^^^^^■bbhmhhmhm 

TOTAL  GIVING  FOR  ALL  PURPOSES. 

The  total  i;ilts  lor  all  purposes  for  eaeh  year  of  the  quadrenniuni  were: 

-Amount  ncrease  over 

Contributed         Previous  Year 

1917 $3,762,291  $    329,111  "^i^B^^Mi 

1918 4,207,675  445,384  mimmmm^^^^ma 

1919 4,530,352  322,676  ^■■^^hh 

1920 5,629,342  1,098,990  ■■^^HH^^^^^^^^^^^HiHHnHH 

Gifts  for  all  purposes  at  end  of  three  quadrenniums: 
Amount  Gain  every 

Contributed  Four  Years 

1912 $2,750,834         $    373,409  ■i«M 

1916 3,433,181  682,347^1^^^^ 

1920 5,629,343  2,196,162  ^^^^^^^^^^^h^^ihh^i^ih 

CAMPAIGN  EXPENSES. 

A  special  committee  consisting  of  Hon.  A.  S.  Kreider,  Mr.  E.  S.  Neuding, 
Judge  Walter  Brewer.  Col.  H.  E.  Myers  and  Mr.  H.  L.  Baker,  held  two  im- 
portant sessions  in  forming  the  Four  Million  Budget.  They  placed  in  it  $165,000 
as  their  estimate  for  campaign  expenses. 

In  organizing  our  forces  it  was  decided  to  employ  comparatively  few  field 
workers  deeming  it  Ijetter  to  have  the  work  done  chiefly  by  the  Bishops,  general 
officers,  presidents  of  schools,  conference  superintendents,  pastors  and  laymen, 
many  of  whom  had  experience  in  Liberty  Loans  and  other  campaigns.  It  may  l)e 
that  larger  immediate  results  would  have  been  secured  had  we  greatly  increased 
our  field  force.  P)Ut  the  general  opinion  is  that  it  was  better  to  do  this  work, 
as  far  as  possible,  through  our  regular  leaders  since  we  must  look  to  them  to 
continue  to  promote  the  causes,  and  to  secure  full  collection  of  pledges. 

Economy  was  used  in  the  office.  The  de])artment  secretaries  and  their 
stenogra'phers  volunteered  large  service  at  different  periods  without  cost  to 
the  Movement.  The  Publishing  House  furnished,  without  rental,  two  large 
rooms. 

Later  when  it  was  shown  that  many  of  tlie  annual  conferences  could 
not  possibly  carry  forward  their  work  with  the  cpiota  of  the  fund  assigned 
them,  the  Board  was  gratified  to  learn  that  not  all  the  money  allotted  for 
campaign  expenses  would  be  needed.  Accordingly  it  took  $(>2,<S80  from  the 
campaign  expense  fund  and  placed  it  to  the  credit  of  the  annual  conferences 
which  were  in  a  crisis.  This  left  $102,112  for  cam])aign  expenses.  As  will  be 
shown  in  the  report  of  our  General  Church  Treasurer  he  was  drawn  upon  to 
meet  campaign  expenses  up  to  April  1.  1921.  for  the  sum  of  $61,946.81,  and  for 
the  Board's  share  of  the  expenses  of  the  interdenominational  promotional  work 
of  the  Interchurch  $30,906.89.  There  remains  $9,258.30  of  the  allotment  for 
campaign  exjienses. 

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As  most  of  tlio  expense  of  tlie  canipaij::!!  was  incurred  l)cfore  pa\inents  on 
the  Fonr  Million  Fund  bejjan  to  l)e  made,  the  churcli  treasurer  has  paid  only 
a  portion  of  these  expenses  from  the  first  receipts  of  the  Movement,  for  it  was 
felt  necessar\'  to  provide  early  for  the  pressing  needs  of  the  Boards  and  insti- 
tutions, and  to  set  aside,  before  the  books  closed  for  the  quadrennium, 
the  full  amount  allotted  for  the  expenses  of  the  General  Conference.  This  will 
account  for  the  reported  overdraft  of  the  Board  of  Administration  on  the 
books  of  the  treasurer.     Tliis  will  he  met  month  by  month  as  funds  come  in. 

DIFFICULTIES  AND  FAVORABLE  CONDITIONS. 

The  way  was  new.  Every  plan  had  to  be  tested  out.  Our  churches  were 
as  illy  prepared  for  their  enlarged  task  as  was  the  nation  for  the  war.  Surveys 
had  to  be  made  and  results  tabulated  in  haste.  Diversified  literature  which 
should  have  been  produced  during  months  of  quiet  study  and  w-riting,  had  to 
be  prepared  in  the  midst  of  other  pressing  duties.  The  work  of  organizing 
and  training  the  leaders  in  bishops'  areas,  conferences,  districts  and  individual 
churches,  was  a  stupendous  task.  It  was  inevitable  that  grievous  mistakes 
would  be  made,  and  that  there  would  be  some  misunderstandings  because  there 
was  not  sutiicient  time  for  full  counsel  and  explanations.  But  our  people, 
in  the  main,  went  forward  in  the  spirit  of  willing  cooperation.  They  have 
evinced  wonderful  j^atience,  being  willing  to  work  and  wait  until  the  processes 
of  information  and  enlistment  had  time  for  fruitage  before  passing  adverse 
judgment. 

There  were  also  favorable  conditions.  The  spirit  of  heoric  work,  of  self- 
sacrifice  and  cooperation,  released  by  the  war,  was  abroad.  The  missionary 
and  stewardship  instruction  given  in  our  churches  during  recent  years  helped 
immensely.  We  never  could  have  reached  the  results  reported  without  this 
necessarj-  instruction. 

HEARTY    COOPERATION. 

The  achievements  represent  church-wide  cooperation.  The  credit  must  be 
given  to  the  hard  work  and  generous  giving  of  the  rank  and  file  of  our 
members.  The  Movement  did  not  get  many  large  gifts.  There  was  not  time 
to  cultivate  adequately  men  and  women  of  means.  The  heart  of  the  victory 
was  won  in  individual  churches,  where  thousands  of  laymen  served  as  captains 
of  teams  giving  information  and  securing  pledges.  These  made  possible  the 
good  reports. 

I  cannot  speak  in  adequate  terms  of  appreciation  about  the  unselfish 
devotioin  of  pastors,  district  leaders,  conference  superintendents,  presidents 
and  profesors  of  institutions  of  learning,  bishops,  and  executive  heads  of 
departments  and  editors,  and  of  the  untiring  work  of  the  Campaign  Committee. 
Their  faith,  earnest  thinking,  hard  work,  self-sacrificing  spirit,  and  unI)oundcd 
patience  will  be  a  life-long  inspiration. 

SOME  BY-PRODUCTS. 

The  greatest  asset  of  the  work  of  the  quadrennium  is  not  the  enlarged 
amount  of  money  pledged  and  now  being  paid,  splendid  as  that  has  been, 
but  rather  the  many  young  lives  laid  on  God's  altar  for  life-long  service,  and 
the  long  list  of  other  talented  young  people  now  headed  toward  our  institutions 
of  learning;  also  the  thousands  who  have  become  faithful  stewards,  and  who 
take  delight  in  the  study  of  the  Bible,  and  in  work  for  "others."  These  are 
the  heaven-born  permanent  assets  for  which  we  should  praise  God. 

But  there  are  results  which  may  properly  be  called  "by-products"  that  have 
b€en  reported. 

1.  A  vision  of  the  whole  task  given  to  the  whole  membership.  Members  of 
our  church  have  begun  to  think  and  act  in  terms  of  the  whole  denomination. 

2.  A  denominational  consciousness  of  our  mission,  possibilities,  strength  and 
unity. 

3.  Our  members  have  been  aroused  to  pay  the  debts  on  their  churches,  provide 
better  salaries  for  their  ministers  and  more  adequate  church  facilities.  More 
money  was  paid  to  wipe  out  church  debts,  buUd  new  churches,  and  increase 
pastors'  salaries,  the  past  two  years  than  during  any  previous  five  years. 

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4.  The  campaign  revealed  a  missing  link — that  there  is  no  open  way  to  our 
individual  churches  for  their  cultivation  and  enlistment  in  extending  the  cause 
of  Christ.  Our  records  do  not  give  the  names  and  membership  of  our  local 
churches  but  of  our  charges  only.  Probably  three-tifths  of  the  memljers  of 
our  denomination  live  on  charges  which  liave  from  two  to  eight  local  churches. 
It  has  been  impossible  to  properh'  inform  and  enlist  these  churches  because 
we  have  had  no  responsible  laymen  in  each  of  them  with  whom  to  work.  It 
is  our  conviction  that  we  can  never  get  the  meml)ers  of  individual  churches 
to  assme  their  full  share  of  responsil)ility  until  we  print  in  our  Conference 
Minutes,  Year  Book  or  some  other  publication,  the  name  of  each  church  on 
every  charge,  its  membership  and  other  statistics,  with  the  name  and  address 
of  the  benevolence  treasurer,  stewardship  chairman,  as  well  as  Sunday-school 
superintendent  and  president  of  the  young  people's  society.  This  matter  should 
claim  our  immediate  and  constant  attention  until  we  have  the  Church  thoroughly 
organized  and  vitally  related  to   Christ  and  his  cause. 

5.  We  have  discovered  the  importance  of  "conference"  or  "counsel."  In  the 
past  the  United  Brethren  Church  has  relied  too  exclusively  on  preaching  and 
public  addresses.  During  recent  years,  in  local  churches,  in  annual  conferences 
and  in  the  church  at  large,  groups  of  leaders  charged  with  responsiblity  have 
come  together  in  counsel,  with  o])en  minds,  each  seeking  to  get  the  viewpoint 
of  the  other  as  they  talked  over  and  prayed  about  the  aims  and  program 
of  their  work.  The  result  is  that  more  and  more  of  our  people  are  learning  to  do 
team  work,  and  are  seeing  the  same  objectives  and  are  praying  and  working 
for  the  realization  of  the  same  goals.  Possilily  the  most  effective  work  of  the 
quadrennium  was  done  liy  means  of  these  councils  which  have  become  an 
established  feature  in  many  annual  conferences  and  in  hundreds  of  local 
churches.  Some  of  our  annual  conferences  have  made  remarkable  advances  in 
recent  years  which  their  leaders  attribute  largely  to  this  effective  district  organ- 
ization and  their  strong  district  counsel  meetings. 

A  conference  superintendent,  who,  because  of  a  serious  accident,  was 
prevented  from  doing  field  work,  sent  this  message  recently  to  his  pastors: 

"The  district  counsels  have  done  more  under  the  blessing  of  God 
to  put  our  conference  where  it  is  than  anj'  other  human  agency  we  have 
employed.  Let  us  not  allow  anything  to  interfere  with  this  effective 
method  of  doing  our  work  together." 

The  district  leaders,  trained  and  directed  as  they  had  l)een,  carried  the  work 
forward  successfully  in  the  absence   of  the  superintendent. 

RECOMMENDATIONS   TO   THE   GENERAL    CONFERENCE 

In  accordance  with  instructions  from  the  last  General  Conference  the 
Board  of  Administration  prepared,  and  sent  out  in  advance  to  the  delegates, 
recominendations  touching  a  Ministerial  Pension  Plan,  Changes  in  the  Disci- 
pline, and  Suggestions  for  a  program  for  the  ensuing  four  years.  These  are 
quite  self-explanatory.  We  can  conceive  of  no  more  important  work  than 
that  of  defining  the  objectives  for  our  denomination  for  the  next  four  years, 
and  of  working  out  such  a  program  as  shall  unite  all  of  our  forces  to  do  their 
utmost   for  the  realization   of  our  God-given   tasks. 

This  General  Conference  will  be'  the  first  one  to  consider  a  definite  plan 
for  a  Ministerial  Pension  Fund.  Adequate  provision,  without  delay,  for  our 
disabled  and  retired  niiniste'rs,  their  widow's  and  children,  will  do  much  to 
help  standardize  our  ministry.  Provision  should  be  made  to  put  into 
operation,  as   soon  as   possible,  whatever  plan   is  adopted. 

THE  CHALLENGE  OF  THE  UNATTAINED 

The  General  Conference  now  in  session  will  register  the  trend  of  the 
activities  for  the  second  century  of  our  denominational  life.  Tiie  action  taken 
here  will   set  a  pace  for  the  conferences  that   shall   follow. 

While  we  are  grateful  for  llu-  ;uhie\  ements  of  the  past,  are  we  not  humili- 
ated and  challenged  by  the  unattained?  Think  of  it!  Last  year  the  people 
of   the    United    States   gave   to   luxuries   tiirce   Inuidred    dollars    for   every    dollar 

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tliey  i;a\e  to  inissioiis,  Christian  (.-ducatioii  ami  every  other  l)eiievoleiit  and 
philantliropic  work — all  this  while  Europe  and  China  were  famishing  for  hread 
to  keep  alive  their  bodies,  and  half  the  race  without  Christ,  the  I'read  of  Life, 
for  their  Souls. 

In  the  midst  of  such  opportunities  and  conditions  can  we  be  satisfied  to 
have  only  one-tenth  of  our  membership  loyal  to  God  as  tithing  stewards  and 
as  personal  soul-winners?  We  have  taken  only  nur  fir>t  stci)s  in  vita!  organi- 
zation and  in  v;i\  inj;  to  our  people,  in  an  orderly  way,  tlie  facts  and  objectives 
necessary  for  their  largest  development  and  growth. 


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1920 


PERCENTAGE    OF 
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As  a  denomination  we  have  not  yet  attained  in  reaching  the  reasonable 
objectives  of  the  Four  Million  Fund.  Our  giving  to  all  purposes  registers 
but  forty-one  percent  of  the  tithe  of  the  income  of  our  people.  The  fifty-nine 
percent  of  the  tithe  held  back  should  challenge  us  to  bring  before  our  members 
such  information  and  tasks  as  will  give  no  one  an  excuse  for  not  rendering 
unto  God  the  things  that  belong  to  him. 

Many  of  our  institutions  of  learning  are  crowded  with  students  and  are 
destitute  of  facilities  for  housing  and  training  them.  Our  Home  Missionary 
and  Church  Erection  Societies  have  taken  but  their  first  faltering  steps  in 
the  enlarged  program  for  them.  Many  places  in  our  Foreign  fields  have 
been  waiting  for  live  years  for  their  new  buildings  and  they  will  not  be  forth- 
coming unless   the   full   Four   Million   Fund   is   secured. 

The  seven  annual  conferences  which  have  reached  their  quota  say  to 
the  other  conferences,  "It  can  be  done."  The  one  thousand  individual  churches 
which  have  over-subscribed  their  ([uota  to  the  extent  of  $166,554  hark  back  to 
the  two  thousand  other  churches  which  have  achieveil  l)ut  a  partial  victory. 
"Come  on,  let's  do  it." 

Do  we  not  owe  it  to  the  needy  causes;  to  the  churches  which  have  provided 
their  share;  do  we  not  owe  it  to  the  members  of  other  churches  for  their  high- 
est development;  that  provision  be  made  for  reaching  the  full  program  now 
before  the  Church?  We  must  give  to  all  the  laymen  in  our  churches  the  joy 
and  sense  of  victory  which  have  come  to  thousands.     One  writes, 

■"We  have  found  Gods'  service  a  keen  delight  and  some  of  us  never 
knew  before  what  exhilaration  there  is  in  cutting  expenses  for  the  sake 
of  defeating  the  devil.  There  has  l>een  real  excitement  of  soul  in  taking 
hold  of  God's  plans  and  watching  the  answers  to  our  iiraycrs." 

Then  there  is  the  challenge  of  the  unattained  in  full  payment  of  the  pledges 
made.  Isothing  more  wholesome  could  be  done  than  to  establish  throughout  our 
whole  denomination  the  habit  of  paying  more  than  we  pledge,  rather  than  a 
dollar  less,  and  of  paying  week  by  week,  or  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  rather 
than  at  the  close. 

The  United  Presbyterian  Churches,  with  a  membership  of  157,0(10,  have 
set  a  standard  for  all  the  Protestant  denominations  in  paying  their  i)ledges. 
For  1919  they  pledged  for  their  regular  benevolences  which  were  apart  from 
their  New  World  Movement.  $642,637;  they  paid  $724,097.  For  1920  they 
pledged  $655,431,  and  they  paid  $725,(X)<)  while  giving  more  than  twice  that  sum 
for  their  New  World   Movement. 

Shall  we  not  resolve  that  the  standard  of  stewardshi])  shall  be  so  lifted 
in  every  conference  that  each  shall  reach  its  full  quota  in  cash? 

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THE  CHALLENGE  OF  THE  UNATTEMPTED 

For  centuries  no  one  had  attempted  to  reach  the  north  pole.  But  after 
many  attempts  by  different  nations  the  American  flag  was  the  first  to  wave 
OA'er  the  top  of  the  earth. 

For  countless  ages  Africa  remained  but  little  more  than  a  great  interroga- 
tion point — an  unexplored  continent.  No  one  was  bold  enough  to  penetrate  its 
vast  interior  until  God  called  David  Livingstone  to  attempt  the  seemingly 
impossible.  He  crossed  and  recrossed  this  vast  area  of  suffering,  sinning, 
humanity,  and  planted  the  Cross  of  Christ  in  its  center,  dying  on  his  knees  in 
prayer  to  God  for  messengers  to  come  and  heal  the  open  sore  of  the  world. 
The  unattempted  became  the  attained.  Africa  is  open  and  thousands  of  Chris- 
tian missionaries   are  workng  for  the   transformation   of  the   dark   continent. 

Can  you  find  in  the  records  of  history  anywhere  that  an  attempt  was  made 
to  banish  strong  drink  from  a  nation  until  a  generation  ago  when  heroic  souls 
in  Kansas  and  in  Maine  struck  out  for  prohibition?  For  many  years  they  were 
criticised,  persecuted  and  baffled,  but  they  pressed  forward  and  God  called 
multiplied  thousands  to  join  them  in  their  crusade,  and  today  the  unattempted 
of  fifty  years  ago  has  become  the  attained,  and  the  Stars  and  Stripes  are  float- 
ing over  a  nation  without  a  legalized  saloon. 

"Wherefore  seeing  we  also  are  compassed  about  with  so  great  a  cloud  of 
witnesss,"  shall  we  not  attempt  what  hitherto  has  never  been  fully  undertaken, 
the  enlistment  of  our  whole  constituency  to  discover  and  to  fully  carry  out  the 
will  of  God  for  the  present  generation? 

This  colossal  task  of  enlisting  all,  literally  all  the  members  of  the  church, 
on  behalf  of  all  in  need,  must  be  seriously  attempted  as  the  next  great  advance, 
It  cannot  be  attained  in  a  year  or  two.  "Precedent  '  and  "Prejudice,"  watch 
dogs  at  the  gate  of  progress,  will  make  rapid  advance  difficult  in  some  places. 

However,  many  local  churches,  with  exceptional  leaders,  have  been  made 
over  in  a  few  years.  And  we  believe'  any  denomination  can  be  transformed  in 
from  ten  to  twenty  years  after  its  leaders  see  the  worthwhile  things  to  be  done, 
and  set  these  things  clearly  before  the  eyes  of  the  members  of  the  churches,  and 
give  much  more  attention  to  train  the  children  and  young  people  early  in  life  to 
form  right  aims  and  purposes  concerning  Christ  and  the  extension  of  his  cause. 

In  general  the  method  of  procedure  will  have  to  be  adapted  from  time  to 
time  so  as  to  decentralize  responsibility  until  the  weight  of  this  obligation  shall 
rest  upon  every  man  according  to  his  ability. 

This  Conference  is  confronted  with  the  challenge  of  both  the  unattained 
and  the  unattempted.  Shall  we  not  here  and  now,  as  delegates,  solemnly  resolve, 
by  the  help  of  God,  to  enter  into  the  "regions  beyond"  in  our  local  churches — 
regions  of  doubt,  of  indifference,  of  self-indulgence,  of  unconsccrated  lives  and 
property,  and  open  them  up  for  the  sway  of  Christ  and  for  the  multitude  of 
souls  who  will  never,  never  know  the  way  of  life  unless  this  is  done? 

The  call  is  from  above,  "Go  ye."  The  call  is  from  without,  "Come  over 
and  help  us."  The  call  is  from  within,  "I  am  debtor."  What  an  opportunity  is 
ours  in  this  conference  to  answer  this  call  for  our  three  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  members! 

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